The end of the History Trail, at the Bar on Wilbraham Road

The Bar is the end of the History Trail. And I think it is quite fitting that it should end here in this parade of shops. The story began on the green in the Horse & Jockey which is one of the oldest pubs in the township in one of the oldest buildings.

And here we are in one of the last parades of shops to be built sometime at the turn of the 20th century in the Bar which is a fine example of the new Chorlton.

There are six venues where bits of our history are on display with some of Peter’s paintings, and if you don’t know by now he is the artist and I am the story teller. In the course of rolling out the trail we discovered it would be fun to invite people to be part of the exhibition by posting a comment either on the blog or on the GLAD TO BE IN CHORLTON site on facebook.

 Now there is plenty to take in from the station to our first cinema. Both in the way helped transform the lives of those who lived here.

 Peter’s work is on display around Chorlton and can also be seen at https://www.facebook.com/paintingsfrompictures and details of my book, Chorlton-cum-Hardy A Community Transformed which will be published in September can be found at http://chorltonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/A%20new%20book%20for%20Chorlton Pictures; © Peter Topping 2012