Andrew Simpson
Stories, people and events
Friday, 23 January 2026
Heaps of cars … missing trains ….. and Central Railway Station in colour
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I missed the end of Central Railway Station by just a couple of months, and it was not for another decade that I stumbled across the place. ...
The Twilight Sleep Home for painless child birth, a chance conversation and a story revealed
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Now it is another one of those stories I thought had come to an end, but the Twilight Sleep Home at Westonby on Edge Lane has popped up aga...
The Woolwich I remember
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I like this picture of Woolwich for lots or reasons, but not least because it is how I remember it with the buses negotiating their way p...
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Fish and chips on Richmond Street
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This is Richmond Street forty-seven years ago. Back then I still used it as a cut through from Minshull Street down to Chorlton Street and f...
Dr. Cathreine Chisholm C.B.E. M.D. F.R.C.P. another story from Tony Goulding
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Catherine Chisholm was the first woman (1) to obtain a medical degree from Manchester University which she received on Tuesday 28th July 190...
Thursday, 22 January 2026
Ghosts in Chorlton .... on Wilbraham Road
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Now I have Sonoe Shimizu to thank for this picture of what was once the chemist on the corner of Wilbraham and Albany Roads. Ghost chemist...
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That remarkable painting of Eltham Palace .........
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I like this water colour of Eltham Palace by my old friend Peter Topping. The painting, 2025 Like many people I continue to be fascinated by...
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