A Merry Christmas to all our readers
I could say lots more but I rather think that is it.
Except to say thanks for continuing to read the blog and contributing, comments, pictures and stories.
It started as just outrageous piece of self promotion aimed at advertising the first book, and like that book was designed to tell the story of Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
But nature abhors a vacuum and pretty quickly I began writing about where I grew up in South east London, and ranged from Eltham to Peckham, New Cross and Lambeth.
And then spread out to include British Home Children, who in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were migrated first to Canada and later Australia along with other parts of the old British Empire.
From there, it took in stories of other parts of the world as well as two world wars and now pretty much covers everywhere and every time allowing me more than once to proclaim tat here there "Everything you ever wanted to know about the history of everywhere".
In turn, it developed into two three social media sites which also have a large devoted following and which also are supported by contributions from friends and people interested in history.
All of which just leaves me to give a special thank you to Lois who shares my love of history, Andy Robertson and his daughter Cathy for a never ending supply of photographs, Tricia Leslie who manages one of our sites and digs deep into the history of south east London, and David Harrop whose vast collection of memorabilia from two world wars have been a constant source of stories.
That said, I am indebted to Peter Topping who continues to paint Chorlton and Manchester and of course to my family and Tin who between them offer up a wealth of family stories from London and Italy.
Location; everywhere
Pictures; from the collection of Andrew Simpson, 1979-2018
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| Manchester, 2017 |
Except to say thanks for continuing to read the blog and contributing, comments, pictures and stories.
It started as just outrageous piece of self promotion aimed at advertising the first book, and like that book was designed to tell the story of Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
But nature abhors a vacuum and pretty quickly I began writing about where I grew up in South east London, and ranged from Eltham to Peckham, New Cross and Lambeth.
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| London, 1979 |
From there, it took in stories of other parts of the world as well as two world wars and now pretty much covers everywhere and every time allowing me more than once to proclaim tat here there "Everything you ever wanted to know about the history of everywhere".
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| Varese, 2017 |
All of which just leaves me to give a special thank you to Lois who shares my love of history, Andy Robertson and his daughter Cathy for a never ending supply of photographs, Tricia Leslie who manages one of our sites and digs deep into the history of south east London, and David Harrop whose vast collection of memorabilia from two world wars have been a constant source of stories.
That said, I am indebted to Peter Topping who continues to paint Chorlton and Manchester and of course to my family and Tin who between them offer up a wealth of family stories from London and Italy.
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| Manchester. 2006 |
Pictures; from the collection of Andrew Simpson, 1979-2018
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