I really should have done a search on "Glossop" as soon as I joined the Mudcat. It may have been too late to stop me living there, but at least I'd know something interesting about the place.

Glossop features briefly in "England, their England", a novel written in the 1920's by J.G. MacDonell. It also received passing mention in a single, "It's grim up north", released by the JAMS in 1989 or thereabouts.

Any 'Catter passing through should check out The Globe, on High Street West and the Old Glove Works on George Street. Both venues feature regular live music, with some decent folk / blues acts.