Sunday, 4 October 2026

When nostalgia is nothing more complicated than a sausage sandwich …….. Bert’s café ...... 1971

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Now, we all have our own cherished memories which seem with the passage of time to encapsulate a chunk of our growing up. Whitworth Str...
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What we did in October when we were still a farming community

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Cows on the meadows, 2003 An occasional series reflecting on what we did in the township when we were still a small rural community. ...

Beresford Square circa 1900

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Beresford Square is one of those places I remember with fondness. And it is a place I keep coming back to, so here is another of the pl...
Saturday, 3 October 2026

Gilgamesh .... Enkidu ... a story over 4,700 years old .... on the wireless today

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The Epic of Gilgamesh caught my imagination decades ago but I was too lazy to read the story for myself, and instead just relied on what I w...

Hay making in Chorlton ............ or almost

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Now here is an image which could have been so easily taken in Chorlton. Hay Making in Furness Vale, date unknown The picture is l...

One clock tower ….. a pub ….. and 4 funny looking cars ….. 47 years ago

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The picture may not win any prizes for top quality image of the year. But then it was 1979 and I was just starting out on taking photographs...

The lost Eltham & Woolwich pictures ...... no. 34 ..... building the barrier

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Another in the collection on that new build on the water. Now for many the Thames Barrier will be just one of those bits of river fur...