Planning your time with nothing to do in chorlton ……….

So, if you have ever missed one of the Chorlton history walks or those book launches by Andrew Simpson and Peter Topping, fear not, because here is the perfect way of never missing another.

Each walk and launch appears across social media, including heaps of Chorlton Facebook sites and others dedicated to books, local history and the general promotion of the works of Messrs Topping and Simpson.

To these can be added the Chorlton History blog, which is full of stories and pictures related to Chorlton, Manchester, and pretty much anywhere that has history.

And that leads me to report that the book launch for our new book in the series nothing to do in chorlton will be in the Lloyds Hotel on Sunday November 6th between 1 and 3 pm.

Here you can mingle with lots of interesting people, discover the secrets of writing books about chorlton, and listen to poetry by our local poet Melanie Neads, all accompanied by a restrained glass of wine, a pint of seasonal cask ale, or a bevy of different coffees and teas.

Nor is that all, because the event takes place in the historic Lloyds Hotel which can lay claim to be the first “modern” Chorlton pub.  

In its time it has hosted a Home Office Inquiry into the Great Burial Scandal, saw that historic meeting which ushered in the building of the Con Club and holds a special place in the memories of many local people as a venue to enjoy live music, or just engage in romantic first dates, in one of the small rooms unseen by all except the waiter. 

The November launch celebrates “nothing to do in chorlton, Down Beech Road Looking for Chorlton Row” and follows that happy and fascinating formula where we offer six locations where you can sit and do nothing and enjoy the stories

Our two earlier books, "Chorlton Green and the Ees", and "Martledge Lost and Found" have proved very popular. 

Our third breaks new ground by dropping you on Beech Road in 1848 during the Year of Revolutions, describes what you might have seen and above all who you might have to be polite to.

All three cost £4.99 each, and are available from us or Chorlton Bookshop and are packed full of Peter’s paintings, original photographs and stories from me.*

Leaving me just to point out that in the following month we will walk you down Beech Road as it would have been 164 years ago when it was called Chorlton Row, had its own blacksmith and pond and a clutch of post houses, farmers homes and wattle and daub cottages.

*“Nothing to do in Chorlton” by Andrew Simpson & Peter Topping, is available from www.pubbooks.co.uk and also Chorlton Bookshop