Now yesterday I kicked off with the first of a new series Andrew Simpson for Christmas 2016 promoting the book Manchester and the Great War due out in February of next year, and today it’s the first one I wrote.
This was The Story of Chorlton-cum-Hardy published in 2012
“Here for the first time is a detailed account of an agricultural community that was just 4 miles from Manchester.
Much of the narrative is rooted in the people who lived here, using their words and records.
It tells of daily lives, setting them in a national context, and balances the routine with the sensational - including murder, infanticide and a rebellion.
Partly a narrative of rural life, and a description of a community's relationship with a city, the book also includes guided walks around Chorlton to bring this history to life. A database of references and sources is also provided.
This is the story of a group of people that history has forgotten and scholarship has ignored.”
The Story of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, 2012, £18.99, available from Chorlton Book shop and from the History Press, http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/search-here/?s=Andrew+Simpson&p=1&ps=9
“Here for the first time is a detailed account of an agricultural community that was just 4 miles from Manchester.
Much of the narrative is rooted in the people who lived here, using their words and records.
It tells of daily lives, setting them in a national context, and balances the routine with the sensational - including murder, infanticide and a rebellion.
Partly a narrative of rural life, and a description of a community's relationship with a city, the book also includes guided walks around Chorlton to bring this history to life. A database of references and sources is also provided.
This is the story of a group of people that history has forgotten and scholarship has ignored.”
The Story of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, 2012, £18.99, available from Chorlton Book shop and from the History Press, http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/search-here/?s=Andrew+Simpson&p=1&ps=9
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