Sunday, 7 June 2026

Digging in the past: the arable farmer who's an archaeologist .... on the wireless now

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It's not the zippiest of titles but it does the biz, because this is the story of one farmer in the Vale of Yorkshire who has uncovered ...

The invitation from the Northern Quarter ....... and a mystery

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There are still a few of those odd little passages and open doors in the Northern Quarter which beckon you in with the promise of something ...
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So ……… who stole Well Hall’s Tudor mansion?

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Now I know there will be lots of people who know the story of Well Hall Pleasaunce, and the checkered history of the Tudor Barn which was on...
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Lost images of Whalley Range part 4 the Post Office opposite the Seymour, and a collection of Dinky toys

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There has been a post office on Upper Chorlton Road for over a century and for most of that century it was run by the Lloyd family. Of ...
Saturday, 6 June 2026

Listening to Leonard Cohen opposite the Yorkshire Grey on a cold December night in 1966

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I like the music of Leonard Cohen. Me in 1966 They are songs I dip into now and then. And today I want to reflect on the very f...
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Claude Road and a clue to the vanished Beech House

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The date on this postcard of Claude Road is 1915 but the scene must be earlier. On the surface it seems an unremarkable image. I...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester nu 21 .......... Parsonage Lane

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Now Parsonage Lane really is one of those little side streets which grows wider as you follow it down from Deansgate to Parsonasge. ...