Editing Reddish (section)

===Brewing, pubs and clubs===
[[File:Houldsworth WMC.jpg|thumb|Houldsworth WMC. Also used as a church and school before dedicated buildings were built.]]Reddish has been home to at least three breweries. Richard Clarke & Co brewed in the area for over 100 years, before being taken over, and later closed, by [[Boddingtons]] in 1962.<ref>{{cite news|title=40 years ago |url=http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/nostalgia/s/10/10380_comic_is_star_of_jollywood.html |work=Stockport Express |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=2002-12-10 |access-date=2006-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929053138/http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/nostalgia/s/10/10380_comic_is_star_of_jollywood.html |archive-date=2006-09-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Boddingtons' bid £1M. for R. Clarke | work = The Times | page = 13 | date = 1962-12-08}}</ref> David Pollard's eponymous brewery opened in the former print works in Reddish Vale in 1975, moving out to Bredbury in 1978; the business went into liquidation in 1982.<ref name=Jones>{{cite book | editor = Jones, Rhys P | title = Viaduct and vaults: a celebration of Stockport's pubs | year = 1991 | location = St Albans | publisher = CAMRA Ltd | isbn = 1-85249-054-3 | page = 43 }}</ref> The small 3 Rivers Brewery started brewing in Reddish in 2003 but had ceased brewing when the company was wound up in 2009.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.3riversbrewery.co.uk/history.html| title = History page| access-date = 2006-10-30| publisher = 3 Rivers Brewery| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071009182925/http://www.3riversbrewery.co.uk/history.html| archive-date = 2007-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WebCHeck |url=http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk//wcframe?name=accessCompanyInfo |publisher=Companies House |access-date=6 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229053844/http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/ |archive-date=29 December 2008 }}</ref>

The pub stock is not well-regarded: "Never offering the best selection of pubs in the borough, it is now easily the worst area for real ale availability&nbsp;..."<ref name=SPG>{{cite web|url=http://www.stockportpubs.org.uk/areas3.html#REDD |title=Stockport Pub Guide M-Z |access-date=2006-10-30 |last=Edwardson |first=Peter |date=28 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716084644/http://www.stockportpubs.org.uk/areas3.html#REDD |archive-date=2006-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a typical description. It has been suggested that this may be a consequence of [[Robert Hyde Greg]]'s disapproval of alcohol,<ref name=Godfrey/> (due to the alcoholism of an uncle of his father, see also [[Samuel Greg]]).
The pubs are supplemented by several [[Working men's club|working men's]] and political clubs. The Houldsworth WMC was awarded a [[blue plaque]] by Stockport MBC in December 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stockport.gov.uk/content/councildemoc/council/campaigns/blueplaquewinners/ |title=Blue Plaque Winners |access-date=2007-02-08 |work=Stockport MBC web site }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Reddish WMC was founded by in 1845 by millowner Robert Hyde Greg as a [[Mechanics' Institute]] and Library. Its members claim it to be the oldest club registered with the [[Working Men's Club and Institute Union|CIU]].<ref>In the early stages of the blue plaque campaign that saw the Houldsworth WMC honoured, the council's web site mistakenly listed and described Reddish WMC. The web page was originally at [http://www.stockport.gov.uk/content/councildemoc/council/campaigns/blueplaqueselection/reddishworkingmensclub www.stockport.gov.uk/content/councildemoc/council/campaigns/blueplaqueselection/reddishworkingmensclub]{{dead link|date=October 2013}}, now removed, and stated "The club was founded by Robert Hyde Greg in 1845 as a Mechanics Institute and Library and located within the Albert Mills. It was acknowledged to be the oldest club on the Club and Institute Union Register. From 1878, it occupied part of the Albert British School until 1891, when a new building was erected on the present site."</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Alex | last = Scapens | title = Club celebrates its 150 year history | url = http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/news/s/532/532001_club_celebrates_its_150_year_history.html | work = Stockport Express | publisher = M.E.N media | date = 29 August 2007 | access-date = 2007-09-21}}

Sandfold brewing, which used to be called 3 rivers.</ref>