Monday, 21 September 2026

Vanished Manchester communities ...........

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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...

On walking along Academy Road out of Woolwich in 1906

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Just occasionally I slide into nostalgia and this 1906 postcard of the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich does it for me. Now given tha...
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Chorlton Brook

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It winds its way across Chorlton from the border with Withington, having traversed the city, taking on different names in that journey, a...
Sunday, 20 September 2026

OK you can come in now....Chorlton gets its first proper municipal Library

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Opening the library in 1914 I say first proper municipal library because we had had a few private ones and a temporary one but this bui...
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A sightseeing trip to Woolwich and those old wooden prison hulks with their chained convicts

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Now I had completely forgotten about those old 18th century prison hulks moored at Woolwich and also of the excellent little book by Mr R...

The forgotten story ………. a little bit of squatter history in Alexandra Park

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Now the story of how the military buildings in Alexandra Park were taken over by squatters in 1946 has faded from memory. The squatter ...
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Fair sits the day for a walk through Chorlton's past at 2pm today*

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There is still time to get your tickets for this history walk through our collective past. The Narnia Lampost, 2024 It's a stroll down B...