Thursday, 12 November 2026

Memories of an ancient accident … one canal …. and that steep incline … Stoney Brew

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Nothing quite prepares you for the way Jutland Street just drops away in front of your eyes. Jutland Street before the drop, 2025 It is the ...

One hundred years of one house in Well Hall part 16 ........... a revolution on wash day

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This is the continuing story of one house in Well Hall Road and of the people who lived there including our family.* Now this was Dad...

Mrs. Mary Francis Kelsall of Chorlton ……… politician ……. textile worker …… and mother

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I like the way that a story I wrote just a few days ago can come back with a series of twists.* Mary Frances Kelsall, on her 90th birthday, ...
Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Mr. Frank Beverley ……. Chorlton-cum-Hardy .... 1937

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This is Frank Beverley, and in 1937 he stood as the Labour Party candidate in the Municipal Elections. Vote for Frank Beverley, 1937 And to ...

The class of ’68 part 7 ……. Ranger's House and a folk concert

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Now, a little bit of my past has bounced back into my life in the form pf a program and a folk concert ticket. '....... all that li...
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Sunlight House a building “which has improved the appearance of the city and given it a dignity”

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Sunlight House, © 2013 Peter Topping Sunlight House is still a pretty impressive building and has been so since it was built in 1932 by...
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When history joins science fiction …… and becomes a book for children of all ages

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that when history collides with science fiction it’s bound to be fun*. Well Jane Austen it ain’t but...