Editing Stalybridge (section)

===Food and drink===
Stalybridge has the [[public house]] with the longest name in Britain – The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn, which closed in June 2016 but reopened in April 2019 – and also the one with the shortest, Q.<ref name="Ref_ad">Nicholls (2004), pp.&nbsp;121–122.</ref> The railway station is one of the last in Britain to retain its original buffet, the 1998 refurbishment of which won awards from [[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] and [[English Heritage]].<ref name="tmbcsb">{{cite web|url=http://www.tameside.gov.uk/eandp/new/staly2.htm |title=Facts About Stalybridge |publisher=Tameside Council |access-date=13 July 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213085832/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/eandp/new/staly2.htm |archive-date=13 February 2006 }}</ref><ref name="Ref_ae">{{cite web|url=http://www.camra.org.uk/SHWebClass.ASP?WCI=ShowDoc&DocID=554 |title=Station Buffet, Stalybridge |publisher=Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA) |access-date=24 March 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060322005500/http://www.camra.org.uk/SHWebClass.ASP?WCI=ShowDoc&DocID=554 |archive-date=22 March 2006 }}</ref>

{{multiple image | align = right | total_width = 300 | image1 = The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, UK 01.jpg | alt1 = The front of The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn public house, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester | image2 = The Q Inn, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, UK.jpg | alt2 = The front of the Q Inn, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester | footer = The pubs with the longest and shortest names in the [[United Kingdom]] respectively, The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn, and The Q Inn, located close to each other in Stalybridge
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The restoration of the canal between 1999 and 2001 attracted new commercial ventures such as riverside cafés and boat trips. The reopening of the canal and the fact that the Tame runs through the town centre resulted in the nickname "Little [[Venice]]".<ref name="Ref_af">[http://home.hio.no/~knuta/onsdag/index.htm Microsoft PowerPoint-presentasjon<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505074552/http://home.hio.no/~knuta/onsdag/index.htm |date=5 May 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Ref_2004">{{cite news|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_city/c/79859_fans_sing_the_blues_over_citys_tough_line.html|title=Fans sing the blues over City's tough line|date=31 January 2004|work=Manchester Evening News}}</ref> Stalybridge has in recent years acquired another nickname, "Staly [[Las Vegas Valley|Vegas]]";{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} the nickname became popular and was used ironically after the controversial conversion of premises in the shopping area into [[nightclub]]s and bars, the proliferation of takeaways and the refurbishment of some of the more traditional [[public house|pubs]].

The town's traditional foods include Tater Hash (Potato Pie, or Meat and Potato Pie), a variation on [[Lancashire Hotpot]], [[black peas]], today mainly eaten on [[Whit Friday]], and [[tripe]]. Stalybridge is the location of the region's last remaining tripe shop.<ref name="Rooth2007">{{cite news|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1025807_its_offal_but_we_like_it|title=It's offal, but we like it|author=Rooth, Ben|date=24 November 2007|work=Manchester Evening News}}</ref>