A new history book for Disbury ……….. tell your story of where you live

Now the last book on the history of Didsbury came out in 2013, and so it is time for a new one.

But this one will be different, because instead of writing a “general history” which has been done, not once but four times, the latest will focus on Didsbury’s places of worship and will not just be restricted to a history of the buildings but will include the stories behind the doors.

And there will be plenty of those stories, each with an individual perspective which will add to the whole.

So the appeal is, for any one with a story, a memory or a picture, to get in touch, using the links on the poster.

The book, will be the second in the new series, devoted to places of worship which started with Chorlton - Churches, Chapels, Temples, A Synagogue and a Mosque, which was published earlier this month.

And for those intrigued with the first book, and with an eye to what the Didsbury book will look like, the launch of with Chorlton - Churches, Chapels, Temples, A Synagogue and a Mosque in on Monday December 3 at 7.30, in Chorlton Library, on Manchester Road.

Leaving me just to add that the last book written specifically about a Didsbury church was 165 years ago, so time for a new one.**

* History of Didsbury, Ivor Million, 1969, A New History of Didsbury, E. Woodall, T.F. France, 1976, Looking Back at Withington and Didsbury, Peter Helm, 1988, Didsbury Through Time, Peter Topping, Andrew Simpson, 2013

** A History of the Ancient Chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton, John Booker, 1853