EAW002530 ENGLAND (1946). The J C Naylor & Co Ltd Emery Mills on Hyde Road and environs, Woodley, 1946

WW2 communal surface blast shelter.

WW2 communal surface blast shelter.

Advertising hoarding

Gravel Bank Road. The sharp corner turning left just past of this point has gone. The road now runs more straightly to join Manor Road just by Hyde Road. There is a remnant of the curve to the left in Hall Lane, which continues around to return back to Gravel Bank Road near its Hyde Road junction.

Railway Line. To the left is Hyde and Manchester, to the right is Romiley and Marple. You can just see a junction turning downwards, which was built to Stockport Portwood, then extended to Stockport Tiviot Dale and Manchester Central. In 1980 motorway construction in Stockport closed this junction line and it is now comprised of two short spurs giving freight access to a waste depot and a concrete works. Freight trains run daily on the spurs. The main line from Manchester to Marple and beyond generally sees passenger trains hourly or better.

Woodley Railway Station

Manor Road

Hyde Road