Wednesday, 17 June 2026

The Art of the 1970’s ….

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It’s one of those decades that doesn’t always get a good press. Floral tea tray, circa 1974 For some it is the time of loons, lava lamps, me...
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Walking the northern boundary of Rent Meadow in the summer of 1848 …………

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Now , it is always fascinating to take a spot you know well, and try and think it back to a time before now. Looking out towards Chorlt...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester nu 22 .............. Milk Street

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Milk Street is one of those streets I never really noticed.   Milk Street, 2016 It runs from Marble Street to York Street but once...
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Photographs from the Royal Herbert during the Great War ............ a unique album of pictures

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The Royal Herbert, date unknown Now the story of the Royal Herbert has just got a lot more exciting and that has a lot to do with a fas...
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Tuesday, 16 June 2026

The lost woods of Chorlton …… and a mystery concerning Mrs Lydia Brown and John Holland

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We are looking out on John Holland’s Wood which stretched west along Chorlton Brook towards the Bowling Green Inn. John Holland's Wood, ...

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester ......... nu 56 Reyner Street the one no one goes down

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Now strictly speaking there will be a few people who might take a trip down this very narrow street which runs from Princess Street to Char...

On a wet Thursday night in Plumstead ………………

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Plumstead cinemas, 1928 Now I am on a roll, and having explored the cinemas of Eltham and Woolwich, I thought it was only fair to branc...
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