When the Plaza was in its heyday in the mid-1930s, one corner of its tea room would find brewer and one-day knight of the realm John Robinson, of Stockport’s most famous family, installed there most days. He would take his regular table, the one nearest the front doors to the left, with the view over the square.
Remarkably, his experience there - from the monogram crockery to the art deco wall sconces - is much the same then as it is now, some 90 years later.
The Plaza began its restoration, with grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund and various other benevolent organisations, in 2009. At one time, in the late 90s, it came very close to being demolished.
