It may be more than a bit of vanity but this week I am reflecting on the decade that my Chorlton history stories fell on to door mats across Chorlton and later Didsbury as well.
But things change and its successor has an editorial policy of concentrating on offering up details of local businesses, and space could not be guaranteed for tales of how we lived in the past here in Chorlton.
I suppose the clue was that the publication is a directory which as everyone knows is predicated on lists of things.
So, for those who each month read that decade and a bit of stories, and often got in touch to provide comments or follow up material, a big thank you.
But fear not, there is always Chorlton History Blog which comes out every day and is posted across social media.*
Along with the twelve books I written, nine in collaboration with Peter Topping and three just by me, which range from the history of Chorlton-cum-Hardy in the first half of the 19th century, the book on Manchester and the Great War and the story of 150 years of a Manchester children’s charity.
Which means there is plenty out there to read about all sorts of different history, and here I couldn’t miss out Peter’s book Smile Dammit, Smile!!! Chorlton, which is an irreverent take on the place we live.
Together they are available from us or Chorlton Book shop.
Leaving me just to say that So farewell Chorlton and thanks for the fish ………. is of course a steal from the title of Douglas Adam’s book "So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish" which is one of his series of radio programmes and books dedicated to the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
All of which are required reading.
Location; Chorlton, Didsbury and later great chunks of South Manchester
Pictures; cover of the August 2018 edition of Open Up
*Chorlton History Blog, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/
**Our books, www.pubbooks.co.uk
So sorry to hear that Andrew, however I will continue to read the blog Ann x
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