Friday, 16 October 2026

The Manchester of 1894

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I have spent part of the afternoon looking through a wonderful collection of pictures of Manchester from the late 19th century . They ...

Mrs Keal and the mystery of 419 Barlow Moor Road

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Leon's, 2015 It has taken sometime but I am closer to solving the mystery behind the date on the wall of  419 Barlow Moor Road. M...

One hundred years of one house in Well Hall part 16 ........... the plays wot mum wrote

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This is the continuing story of one house in Well Hall Road and of the people who lived there including our family.* Well Hall Road, 2...
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Letting history repeat itself …. standing up for Chorlton Library Live … with a nod to the Bee Gees

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Today I am thinking of how history unfolds and, in the process, repeats itself. Chorlton Library .... all things for the community, 2026 Of ...
Thursday, 15 October 2026

Lost along the River … somewhere beyond Ballast Quay .........

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Fifty-five years ago, I regularly walked along the River from the food factory I worked at to the Cutty Sark pub. The silos, a dog and that ...

Cleaning the brass and making the beds in Chorlton ........ with Miss Edith Ashworth

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 I wonder what Edith Ashworth made of Chorlton-cum-Hardy. She had been born in Northenden in 1880, and lived with her father and mother and ...

One hundred years of one house in Well Hall part 10........... from bread and dripping to Museli

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This is the continuing story  of one house in Well Hall Road and of the people who lived there including our family.* Now I suspect pr...