Today ......... the bits of our past we forget ....... in Chorlton Library at 2pm

Now, the easy bit is to name each of the four objects opposite.

Less easy, may be dating each and suggesting what they were.

Those, born in the first half of the last century, will get some, but perhaps not all.

And that is part of the challenge if you come along to Chorlton Library this afternoon at 2 pm, and participate in the Great Chorlton History Experience ...... less a talk and more away of remembering what you have forgotten.

So along with a snapshot of Chorlton in 1904, there will be a selection of old things to smile at, and a chance to converse with Peter Topping who is the other half of the Simpson and Topping team who have produced six books on as diverse topics as, Hough End Hall, historic pubs, Churches, Chapels, Temples and a synagogue and mosque and the aptly named Quirks of Chorlton-cum-Hardy.

And to show we have wider horizons, there is also a detailed study of the historic drinking places in city centre Manchester and tour of Didsbury past and present.

What these six books have in common along with the other two I have written is that they all  “tell the stories behind the doors”.

So whether you come to demonstrate your knowledge of the recent past, learn about Martledge and a few dark deeds from the 19th and early 20th centuries or are just curious about the title “When art met history and made a book” all will be revealed at 2 pm in Chorlton Library.

The event is part of Chorlton Book Festival, is free, and is accompanied by a break for tea, coffee, cake and biscuits.*

This is an alteration to the existing advertised event.

Location; Chorlton Library

Picture; things from our past, 2018, from the collection of Andrew Simpson

*Chorlton Book Festival, November 16-24, https://www.chorltonbookfestival.co.uk/