Now when we wrote the new book the Quirks of Chorlton-cum-Hardy we always planned that it could be walked.*
And so, coming soon will be the first of our quirky adventures which will be a walk and talk across Chorlton.
For the Friends of Barlow Moor Road there will be the walk from Southern Cemetery, down past the park and on to Kemp’s Corner, which most will now know as the Four Banks, or Bank Corner.
Nor will we miss out the “Society for the Appreciation of Edge Lane and Wilbraham Road”, which has as its starting point the old Stretford Railway station and by degree will include the Twilight Sleep Home, our own Chorlton radical who was put on trial for his support of the French Revolution and a few murky stories about the Lloyd’s, along with a crime of passion and another railway station.
There will also be the walk down Chorlton Row from Barlow Moor Lane to Chorlton Green, describing just what you would have seen back in 1847, the trip from the Horse and Jockey to the Edge Lane Lake, taking in the theft of the Methodist’s Sunday School.
And because “Quirks” is about people as well as places we shall be inviting along some of those who feature in the book.
All of which just leaves us to decide which will be our first adventure.
I fancy the 1847 walk, but Peter is inclined to fall in behind the Friends of Barlow Moor Road, so we are open to suggestions, for the first adventure.
All you have to do is leave a comment on the blog, a message on social media, or use the link and tell us your choice.
Of course alternatively you can just stop us in the street.
All the walks will be free and announced in advance.
On the day you will recognise us by the outrageous bit of self promotion, which will have both of us wearing a Quirks T shirt and holding a copy of the book ........... how could it be any other way?
And that just leaves me to say that both the pictures are of Chorlton, taken in 1978, although I know my friend David will dispute the actual location of the first, and that in its self is a story.
Location; Chorlton
Pictures; looking out from the weir towards Kickety Brook, and a very different Stockton Road, 1978, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
*The Quirks of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, was published on November 16 and is available from Chorlton Bookshop or from http://www.pubbooks.co.uk/ or 07521557888
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| From the weir, 1978 |
For the Friends of Barlow Moor Road there will be the walk from Southern Cemetery, down past the park and on to Kemp’s Corner, which most will now know as the Four Banks, or Bank Corner.
Nor will we miss out the “Society for the Appreciation of Edge Lane and Wilbraham Road”, which has as its starting point the old Stretford Railway station and by degree will include the Twilight Sleep Home, our own Chorlton radical who was put on trial for his support of the French Revolution and a few murky stories about the Lloyd’s, along with a crime of passion and another railway station.
There will also be the walk down Chorlton Row from Barlow Moor Lane to Chorlton Green, describing just what you would have seen back in 1847, the trip from the Horse and Jockey to the Edge Lane Lake, taking in the theft of the Methodist’s Sunday School.
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| A different Stockton Road, 1978 |
All of which just leaves us to decide which will be our first adventure.
I fancy the 1847 walk, but Peter is inclined to fall in behind the Friends of Barlow Moor Road, so we are open to suggestions, for the first adventure.
All you have to do is leave a comment on the blog, a message on social media, or use the link and tell us your choice.
Of course alternatively you can just stop us in the street.
On the day you will recognise us by the outrageous bit of self promotion, which will have both of us wearing a Quirks T shirt and holding a copy of the book ........... how could it be any other way?
And that just leaves me to say that both the pictures are of Chorlton, taken in 1978, although I know my friend David will dispute the actual location of the first, and that in its self is a story.
Location; Chorlton
Pictures; looking out from the weir towards Kickety Brook, and a very different Stockton Road, 1978, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
*The Quirks of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, was published on November 16 and is available from Chorlton Bookshop or from http://www.pubbooks.co.uk/ or 07521557888
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