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You can't beat a good public clock. The clock tower outside Altrincham Station dates from 1880 and is listed Grade II. The station was opened on 3 April 1881 as Altrincham & Bowdon by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway.

This Commercial building in Altrincham, with offices over shops, was built in 1904-5, by Charles Heathcote & Sons, for J.H.Brown Esq. a developer who lived in Ashley. It incorporates a lot of buff terracotta ornamentation. Formerly known as Station Buildings this Grade II listed building was refurbished in 2014 to provide commercial accommodation and contemporary apartments.

Manchester trams awaiting their next trip to Bury at Altrincham Station terminus. Heavy rail continues to provide services to Chester and Manchester via Stockport from a platform to the left of the trams.

The Linotype and Machinery Company opened a factory in Broadheath in 1897. At the height of its success, the firm employed more than 10,000 people to make typesetting machines for the national newspaper industry. Between 1897 and 1901 the Linotype Company built 185 houses for its employees and provided two football grounds, four tennis courts, two bowling greens, a cricket ground, a playground for children and allotments. The business collapsed when electronic typesetting took over. However, despite the trade's death, the company behind it never actually died. Mergenthaler Linotype Company lives on as one as a dispenser of fonts, sporting "one of the world's largest font libraries, offering more than 10,500 high-quality typefaces," according to its Linotype website.