The Ham and Egger Files

The Stockport Pyramid is reopening in 2025. One of the first landmarks - among many fine buildings - we noticed when we moved to Stockport i...

A look at Stopfordian Pubs during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Four years ago today we photographed The Kings Tap on Station Road in Cheadle Hu...

A look at Stopfordian Pubs. Three years ago today we photographed The Kings Tap on Station Road in Cheadle Hulme. It became the first of 265...

Debenhams recently became the latest retail casualty as the brand ceased trading on the high street in May 2021 after 243 years of operation...

We're big fans of Art Deco style, design and architecture and we've been remembering our trip to Doncaster last year and our stay at...

What a piece of signage. Salford Shopping Centre opened as Salford Precinct in 1972 and was renamed Salford Shopping City in 1992 Even thoug...

My recent hunts for Happy Shopper shops led me to find out about the Family Shopper brand. The stores are part of the same retail group. The...

Erratum - we missed a pub on our lockdown pub crawl of Stockport Borough. We visited 265 pubs, bars and clubs during the national lockdown b...

A look at a Budgens supermarket in Sheffield. The supermarket on London Road was a Sainsbury's Local until February this year. It reopen...

Who needs the Giza Necropolis in Egypt or the Luxor in Las Vegas when you've got the Stockport Pyramid in Kings Valley. With nowher...

A look at the pubs of Stockport during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. Pub number 1 - The Kings Tap on Station Road in Cheadle Hulme...