Ahead of my coverage of the 2024 General Election from this much talked about seat and increasingly fashionable borough of Greater Manchester, I wandered its streets and saw several of the spots that had put the area on the map. Stockport has had a lot of positive light shed on it of late, from its new transport interchange and its improving nightlife, to more success for the town's football club and the looming possibility of the Greater Manchester Metrolink extending its reach to this town by the M6. Oh, and lets not forget about indie rock band Blossoms that have album number five - wonderfully named ‘Gary’ - on the way.
Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to ManchesterWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. A quick stop in The Calverts Court on St Petersgate ahead of a long night of counts, ballot boxes and declarations gave me the chance to simply take stock. The pub was full of people seemingly content with what was going on with their lives, with plenty of upbeat chat or friends reuniting and a great deal of laughter.
‘You wouldn’t think it’s the Fourth of July would you?’ One customer addressed a member of bar staff with. He wasn’t wrong. The sun had almost set on a mixed bag of a weather day, and the punters in the pub were coming and going.
I took a slow walk along its streets, with the countdown to the end of polling and the exit poll release drawing closer. A calm evening was over the.
