MEMBERS of ‘place campaign portal’ We are Stockport were allowed exclusive access to the archaeological site uncovered by the Redrock development in Stockport Town Centre.
Rachel Wallace from We are Stockport, a website which aims to celebrate the borough, was allowed on to the site by Oxford North Archaeology, and recorded her experiences with the help of video company Cavalier Studios.
She said: “Dating from different points during the 1800s, the homes are of particular interest to historians as they show how housing and living conditions evolved in industrial Stockport.”
Norman Redhead from the Greater Manchester Archaeological Advisory Service said: “Stockport has an incredibly important industrial heritage.
“There have been a number of archaeological investigations of textile factories in the area, as these were a key part of the region’s rise to world manufacturing prominence in the late 18th and first half of the 19th centuries.
“But in Stockport we have not yet investigated the impact of this process of industrialisation on ordinary people’s lives.”