Friday, 10 July 2026

We are not an aberration …… when you are not alone .... spaghetti, milk and sugar

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Growing up in southeast London in the 1950s we ate a heap of different foods. Pretty much all of them were cooked from scratch at home using...

A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 5........ a street fire alarm 1958

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A short series featuring objects which tell a story of Chorlton in just a paragraph and  a challenge for people to suggest some that are...

Waiting for the off.......... Manchester Corporation trams lined up in the Princess Road Car shed, 1926

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Sometimes the image says it all. And for anyone who was born after the last of the old trams rumbled their way through our streets and ...

On Court Yard with Annie Morris

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I never tire of looking at this picture which takes me back to an Eltham I never knew. We are standing on Court Road at the beginning o...

As many Prime Ministers as you can count ……

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It has become one of those throw away comments much loved by the media that since 2016 we do seem to have had a lot of Prime Ministers, whic...
Thursday, 9 July 2026

History through art .... on the wireless today

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Now here is a double presentation of wireless at its best. Gassed, 1919 Both programmes explore art as part of the backdrop for the last two...

It’s the little bits that serve to make a history ……

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If you are of certain age, born in the second half of the last century who grew up during the early years of television then the chances are...