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    Manchester to Crewe

    Part Three: Stockport & Wilmslow to Crewe via Alderley Edge et al

    by L M. Johnson. Published by the author at 10 Tirza Avenue, Bumage, Manchester M19 2JY. A4 softback, 152pp. ISBN 0-781399-922587. £21.95 (add £2.50 for postage)

    The Manchester-Crewe line emerged from the grand development of a route linking the capiral with the burgeoning centre of the Lancashire cotton and engineering industries. Later it gained an

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