Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Greenwich Park, the moment a full 53 years ago .......... nu 1 the walk

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It will be a full 55 years ago but the memory of that walk through Greenwich Park on a Saturday in September 1971 has never left me. I...
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A Chorlton ghost sign ……

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Not all ghost signs have to be very old. They are the remnants of businesses and products which long ago vanished, but whose faded signs sti...
Tuesday, 2 June 2026

One camera ….. 1965 ….. and a collection of lost scenes

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It is 61 years ago that this collection of images was taken. "Clearance in Hulme" , 1965 They cover Manchester, Stretford and ou...

"the frown of fortune"...... the story of Sam Mendel and Manley Hall in Whalley Range

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Now I don’t usually do stately homes, but back in 1879 I might just have made the effort to visit Manley Hall which had once been the...
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One Acre Allotment and more stories of rural Eltham

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One Acre Allotments, 1908 Even in the most built up urban areas there are clues to our rural past. Here in Chorlton there is still th...
Monday, 1 June 2026

On small things history turns …. commemorating the Hardy Lane Co-op

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Last week I was reflecting and reporting on the story of one Co-op store with heaps of history.* Some of Co-op Party behind the Guild banner...

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester .......... nu 12 Chancellery Lane

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Now I had wandered over to Spring Gardens to find Concert Lane and instead rediscovered this last bit of Chancellery Place most of which ...