Stockport's answer to Banksy?

Well, hardly. I spotted this stencilled figure and the "pink panther" tag today on a wall at Coopers Brow between High Street and Lower Hillgate.

A contribution to Monday Murals.

St Mark's Church, Bredbury and Woodley

The lych gate of St Mark's church. On the left is Redhouse Lane. On the right is the A560, Stockport Road East. The church lies between the two roads and serves the joint parish of Bredbury and Woodley. At this time of year a view of the church itself is blocked by the trees.

St Mark's is a Grade II listed building which was built 1847-8 by Shellard for the Church Commissioners with dressed stone, ashlar and slate roofs. It has a 3-sided gallery plan with a small chancel and a west tower flanked by entrance bays. There is a 5-bay nave and aisles without clerestory, projecting stone plinth, sill band, eaves band, coped parapet and coped gables with octagonal corner pinnacles. Each bay has paired lancets with colonnettes and a weathered gableted buttress (angled at corners).

The 5-stage tower has set-back buttresses which are transformed at the fifth stage in octagonal corner columns to rise as ornate pinnacles. There is a clock in the third stage and 2-light belfry openings with clock and parapet above.

I showed you a close-up of the clockface in last Wednesday's post.

The flag of St George is flying on top of the tower. Next to it is what I think is a CCTV camera.

Visit the Church website for details of its current activities.

A contribution to Inspired Sundays.

Peak Forest Canal: Reflections and Shadows

From the bridge overlooking Manor View, Woodley.

A contribution to Weekend Reflections and Shadow Shot Sunday.

Entrance to Robert Walker (Haulage) Ltd

The entrance off Hall Lane to Robert Walker (Haulage) Ltd which occupies the site of what was once Woodley Hall.

The yellow AA sign "Private works traffic only" is a vintage sign.

A contribution to
signs, signs;
Good Fences.

X marks the time

A close-up view of the NW quadrant of the clockface on the south side of the tower of St Mark's church at Woodley.

A contribution to the letter X at ABC Wednesday.

Woodley Tunnel

At Woodley the Peak Forest Canal passes through a 176yd (153m) tunnel. The towpath also passes through, protected by a handrail.

This is taken from just inside the southern portal. I'm informed that halfway along the tunnel the towpath is very muddy so I haven't actually made the journey through.

A contribution to
Our World Tuesday;
Water World Wednesday.

Woodley Methodist Church

The original Primitive Methodist Church in Woodley was built in 1868. It was replaced by this modern building in the 21st century.

My thanks go to Mark Bradshaw for this photograph of the original church in 1996 and for the one below which shows Woodley Methodist church with Woodley British School behind and what would be Bankfield Road School to the right of the Methodist Chapel which was on Chapel Street.

Here is a link to the Church website.

A contribution to Inspired Sunday.