Tuesday, 11 August 2026

The mob in Didsbury in 1793 …………… opposing progress and the ideas of the day

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January 1793 was an uncertain time across the country.   Didsbury in 1853 The weather was unseeingly cold, the harvest had been poor,...
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A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 13, the school photograph

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Continuing the story of Chorlton in just a paragraph. They are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at random. I have...
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Back in Sidcup in 1961, at the war memorial

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I think this will be the last from the series of Sidcup in 1961. This is the war memorial and our commercial photographer decided on ju...
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Monday, 10 August 2026

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester .......... nu 78 Gaythorn Street and a pub

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I like the way that a demolition site can reveal a rare glance of a building which has pretty much been hidden for a very long time. ...
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A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 12 ....... an engraved silver cup 1917

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Continuing the  story of Chorlton in just a paragraph. They are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at random. Prese...

Lost on Sidcup High Street, looking for Boots the Chemist

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Now I am on a roll. Having recently wandered up Sidcup High Street in 1961  as far as the old ABC, I back again today. It is another ...
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Sunday, 9 August 2026

A bit of history on Beech Road ……

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It’s Sunday and so it’s left over day. Left over Sunday, 2026 One of the joys of growing old is the sheer reservoir of food memories that ...