On a changeable day which promised sunshine interrupted by heaps of fierce and unrelenting rain showers members of Chorlton Good Neighbours braved the inclement weather to hear from Andrew Simpson and Peter Topping talk about Manchester’s past.
And comes with a unique approach which is The History of Greater Manchester by Tram …. The Stories At the Stops in which the authors take all 99 Metro tram stops on all the eight routes picking out the interesting, the serious and the bizarre as well as the humours events and people at each destination which build to become a comprehensive account of the region’s past.*
At present there are four books in the series with a fifth due out later this year.
They cover the journey into the centre from the south, crossing the city centre down to Victoria Railway Station and then east out to New Islington.
The fifth will travel from Old Trafford to Altrincham, with further books on Salford, and all the remaining towns on the network.
And judging by the reception to the talk, the questions that followed and the large sale of all the books I the series the afternoon was a success.
Location; Wilbraham St Ninian’s Church, Egerton Road South, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 0XJ
Picture; on the day with Chorlton Good Neighbours, 2026, from the collection of Peter Topping
*A History of Greater Manchester By Tram, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20new%20book%20on%20the%20History%20of%20Greater%20Manchester%20by%20Tram
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