Thursday, 23 July 2026

A Chorlton wedding in the April of 1913 and a tiny mystery

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I doubt I would ever have got to know about Mr Hugget Billing and Miss Vivien Horsfall Attwood if it weren’t for Sally’s wedding photogra...
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Stories from a century and a bit of making what we eat ….....…

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  The story of what we eat and what we are sold to eat over the last 126 years has seen regular fads and fashions dominated by diets, “healt...

Looking for Mr. Henry Charles Digby of Eltham ……… you go looking for one …. and you find two

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I am the first to say that history is messy and just when you think you have got a story from the past just right, the past throws you a wo...

What we have lost ....... inside the Corn Exchange

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I really liked this metal and glass structure. It was in the Corn Exchange beside Exchange Square, and I always thought it was an inn...
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Wednesday, 22 July 2026

Stories from a Greek table and that food advice

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 "Keep it simple, keep it fresh and use whatever is available". Simple dish, 2026 It’s the sort of advice that could roll off the ...

Buying your meat from Mr Unsworth of 2 Chorlton Green in 1909 .... Chorlton's corner shop nu 10

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The caption on the picture just says “James Unsworth’s butcher shop on the corner of the Green Albermarle Road.  This shop later beca...
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On Eltham High Street ......... looking for Mr Brown

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Now, it is so easy to get lost in an old picture of Eltham. Eltham Village, date unknown This is one that my friend Tricia found and ...