Friday, 13 February 2026

One hundred years of one house on Well Hall Road, part 4, a bit of idle speculation on what might have been

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Gas fitting 1911 This is the continuing story of one house in Well Hall Road and of the people who lived there including our family.* ...
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Who knew Derrick A. Lea of Illustrations & Design?

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I am looking at one of eight illustrations produced by Derrick A. Lea.   My eight are all greetings cards, some of which have a Christ...

When the unthinkable had to be embraced ….. invasion 1940

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I don’t know how I would have conducted myself had I been alive in 1940, after the Fall of France, and the imminent threat of a German invas...
Thursday, 12 February 2026

The Code of Hammurabi ...... on the wireless today

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Now, this is one I am looking forward to listening to. Stele of Hammurabi, circa 1751 BC It is 40 minutes of wonderful discussion on the law...
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One hundred years of one house on Well Hall Road, part 3, looking for the first residents

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Our house today This is where we lived  in for thirty years. We moved into 294 Well Hall Road in March 1964 and while us kids slowly ...

Back with Derrick A. Lea in the Chorlton of 1955

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It’s one of those odd things that we have few pictures of Chorlton in the 1950s.  Now there are a few fine collections in the Local H...
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Rediscovering Cheetham .............. nu 1 the Manchester Ice Palace

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Now I will leave the story of Cheetham, Strangeways and Redbank to  those who are far more qualified to write about its history.* Inste...
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