2014

SJ8889 : Edgeley Lamppost: Sent to the Maypole

taken 10 years ago, near to Stockport, England

Edgeley Lamppost: Sent to the Maypole
Edgeley Lamppost: Sent to the Maypole
One of three Lampposts on Castle Street with attached artwork.

The text on this one reads:

"AS A CHILD I USED TO BE SENT TO THE
MAYPOLE TO GET A PAT OF BUTTER.
I THOUGHT IT WAS LOVELY.

THEY USED TO HAVE 2 WOODEN
BATTERNS THAT THEY TAPPED ON
THE SIDES OF THE BUTTER AND
THEY WOULD STAMP THE TOP
WITH A THISTLE"

Reverse: SJ8889 : Edgeley Lamppost: Bostock & Co
Lamppost Artworks in Stockport

In 2014 as part of the Stockport Arts Trail, an independent group of young people, working towards an Arts Award Qualification at Stockport Central Library, created the images for one face of the artworks, located on lampposts in and around Edgeley. Historic photographs from the libraries archives are on the other face, giving people an idea of how the area looked in times gone by.

A new set of lamppost artworks were set up in 2015 as part of a second Arts Trail celebrating the secret history of silk in Heaton Norris.

Other decorated lamppost have appeared since in other parts of Stockport but documentation is hard to locate.


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Geographical Context: Business, Retail, Services Primary Subject: Art other tags: Public Artwork Lamppost Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Castle Street [32] Other Photos: · Edgeley Lamppost: Bostock & Co ·
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SJ8889, 137 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Gerald England   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 29 September, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 5 October, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8898 8945 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:24.1053N 2:10.0326W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8898 8945
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