Thursday, 17 September 2026

That lost picture of the Royal Oak in 1902 with young Thomas Kelsey

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This is a picture of the old Royal Oak I have never seen before. The caption gives a date of 1902 and refers to “the boy Thomas Kelsey,...
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Walking Chorlton's past .... that popular history talk with Andrew Simpson .... Sunday

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  This Sunday you can walk our past with Andrew Simpson and discover just who you might have to be polite to. Ploughing beside Beech Road, c...

That theatre in Woolwich I wished I could have visited ...... the Royal Artillery Theatre

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Now I must confess I did not know of the Royal Artillery Theatre which was opposite the Royal Artillery Barracks. Cinderella, 1949 Bu...
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Looking for Romans in Manchester

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Now in one of those silly acts I came to regret I got rid of pretty much all of the books and articles on the archaeological dig down by Li...
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Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Opps …. never get lazy with your history ….. and other revelations

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It’s that golden rule of all research which put simply is …. check your facts. And now the BBC has it’s own "BBC Verify" which s...

Looking inside a grand Victorian house …. Rye Bank and the story of Mr. Bryce Smith ... part 1

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In the course of the last few days I have got to know a lot about Mr. Bryce Smith, who lived at Rye Bank in Chorlton, described himself as ...
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Advertising things in 1959 ...… never miss an opportunity

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  We are on Upper Brook Street with a group of houses about to be demolished. But never underestimate the determination of an advertising c...