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Stockport

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The Three Shires, built 1580

Stockport is a town and meetorpolitan borough in Greater Manchester. As well as Stockport itself, the borough includes a number of other towns including Cheadle and Cheadle Hulme. Stockport town was originally in Cheshire, but parts of the borough were originally in Lancashire. Stockport was known at one time for the manufacture of hats.

LGBT history

There was a Stockport CHE group in the 1970s.

John Amaechi was brought up in Heaton Moor, Stockport.

People Like Us Stockport (PLUS) is Stockport's LGBT social group.[1]

The Base is a group for LGBTQ people under 25.[2]

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