A story within a story

Unknown couple, date unknown

Now I rarely indulge in bouts of self promotion today I will just share a story from the Manchester Evening News with everyone.

And yes it is all about Manchester Remembering 1914-18 and the book launch tomorrow in Central Ref between 1pm and 4.30.

Sadly you don’t make shed loads of money from local history books and this was certainly not the intention with this one.

Rather it was to focus on those men, women and children who lived through the conflict and tell some of their individual stories.

Some of their letters, photographs and memorabilia have been included in the book from the collecyion of David Harrop.

And that just leaves me to direct you to the link for Paul Britton’s story, New book tells the stories of people and places in Manchester during World War One and leave it at that.

Andrew Simpson

Although I shall also share this picture which Paul asked for and say that in the five years that the blog has been running this is the only contemporary picture of me to grace chorltonhistory.

Location; Manchester


Picture; unknown Manchester couple, date unknown from the collection of Ron Stubley, and Andrew Simpson 2012, from the collection

* New book tells the stories of people and places in Manchester during World War One, Paul Britton, MEN February 16, 2017