For 20 years the area close to Stockport station was a wasteland until Grand Central arrived in 1991
For decades it was THE place to go for kids in Stockport , but much of it has been reduced to rubble while what's left remains under threat. Grand Central opened in 1991 as a multi-million pound entertainment, leisure and shopping complex.
The idea was to build a retail and leisure complex that would both serve the people of Stockport but also attract more people to the town centre. The plans included building a new nightclub premises and a leisure centre sporting an Olympic-sized 50m swimming pool. Adding: "The buzz that was promised is there. And people are arriving from outside the borough to get a taste of the action." There was also a new Grand Central Square pub for those wanting a slightly more sedate night out - or as prelude to a date night at the new multi-plex cinema.
The Coco Savannah nightclub also went through a number of changes in its time. Later in the 1990s, the venue became Volts. The venue later became Heaven and Hell. By this time it had acquired somewhat of a dodgy reputation, and in 2005, management brought in hand held metal detectors and even sniffer dogs, to try to deter trouble.
The Heaven & Hell nightclub closed in the mid-2000s along with Brannigan's restaurant underneath. The building was demolished in 2012 as part of redevelopment of the Grand Central complex.
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