Wednesday 16 May 2012

Using the building as a clue, the History Trail and Copperfield


Now if you have done every one of our History Trail venues, you will have got a pretty good understanding of how where we live has evolved over the last 170 years and seen some very nice paintings by Peter.  He paints pictures of Chorlton today and I tell stories about its past.

We chose six venues across the township each of which have something special to tell about those last 170 years and if you have followed them in chronological order then Copperfield is number five.  Of course you don’t have to do them all and you could visit them as you fancy, but then as a historian I do like time lines and historical order, which I guess is about the only time I try to impose any order on my myself.

Now part of what we have to say at Copperfield is contained in the building itself, not that you have to be a time detective or an architect to figure it out.  Just go there read the story board and compare the old photographs with Peter’s pictures and then tell us what you think either by posting a comment on the blog or on the GLAD TO BE IN CHORLTON site on facebook. 

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

Pictures; ©Peter Topping 2012

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