Thursday, 19 March 2026

The old church on the green in 1933

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This is one of my favourite pictures of the old parish church. It was taken by F. Blyth and appeared in A Short History of Chorlton-c...

What was lost is found .... the continuing story of Little Ancoats Street

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 History hasn’t been kind to Little Ancoats Street. Little Ancoats Street from Newton Street, 2019 It is one of those very narrow streets, w...
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Home thoughts from abroad nu 4 ................ catching a train and borrowing a book

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An occasional series on what I miss about the place where I grew up.* Now when you leave the place you grew up and pretty much only go...
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Wednesday, 18 March 2026

That vanished road in Chorlton ……… 1907 - 1937 RIP

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I won’t be the only one in Chorlton who is fascinated by the lost roads of Chorlton. Some just changed their name, but others have vanished ...
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Living in a two roomed cottage in a Manchester court in 1851

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You won’t find Span Court I know I tried.  But I do know where it was and where it had been when it was home to hundreds of families fro...

Posters from the Past ........... no 20 ......... coming home

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Now the project is simple, take an image of a building or “thing” we all love and turn it into the style of poster which was popular in th...
Tuesday, 17 March 2026

Two hundred and thirty-nine Salford listed buildings …… and two pictures

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  There are two hundred and thirty-nine Salford listed buildings, and they range from two 16th century ones, a heap from the 19th century a...