Andrew Simpson

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Monday, 4 May 2026

523 Barlow Moor Road, captured in a moment in time in 1960

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Now I am back at 523 Barlow Moor Road where my friend Ann Love lived during the 1950s and 60s. It is still there today but has undergon...

Walking out on Oxford Street ............ 1966

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I won’t be alone in remembering these buildings. We are at the top of Oxford Street where it joins St Peter’s Square, and of the four ...
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St Barnabus and its journey from Woolwich

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Now I have passed St Barnabus Church countless times and never knew it was originally sited in Woolwich. It was one of those Eltham chu...
Sunday, 3 May 2026

Walking Hulme and Moss Side over half a century ago ......

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Now I have been a great fan of Roger Shelley’s photographs for over a decade, ever since he shared a collection of pictures he took of a gro...

An Eltham life that ended in a modest way..........the story of Ruth Pike, nee Patterson, 1782-1857

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Mrs Pike grave, 1976 This is the grave of Ruth Pike in our parish churchyard. It is located on the east side hard up against Well Hal...
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Knocking down bits of Wilbraham Road .... in the summer of 1963

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Now the next time you are in the Co-op on Wilbraham Road, spare a thought for the buildings that once stood on this spot. They consiste...
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Saturday, 2 May 2026

The 42 from the Refuge Building …..a furniture shop, Wimpy Bar, and a shed load more …..1967

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Now, with the passage of a full half century, it is the detail you forget. I stood at the bus stops outside the old Refuge Building for...
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