Tuesday, 16 June 2026

The lost woods of Chorlton …… and a mystery concerning Mrs Lydia Brown and John Holland

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We are looking out on John Holland’s Wood which stretched west along Chorlton Brook towards the Bowling Green Inn. John Holland's Wood, ...

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester ......... nu 56 Reyner Street the one no one goes down

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Now strictly speaking there will be a few people who might take a trip down this very narrow street which runs from Princess Street to Char...

On a wet Thursday night in Plumstead ………………

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Plumstead cinemas, 1928 Now I am on a roll, and having explored the cinemas of Eltham and Woolwich, I thought it was only fair to branc...
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Monday, 15 June 2026

Pushing water up a hill …… looking for Mr. Mills in 1851

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  Sometimes you know you are on a loser, but a mix of curiosity and a bit of stubbornness allied to the sheer fascination of digging deep in...
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Back at the Imperial Cinema on Chorlton Road

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The Imperial in 1980 I am back with the old Imperial Cinema on Chorlton Road with some of Andy Robertson’s pictures. Like so many of ...

A bit more of the “other side” of London life in 1851

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"The first rats I caught was when I was about nine years of age. I ketched them an Mr Strickland’s a large cow keeper, in Little Alban...
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Sunday, 14 June 2026

All you ever wanted to know about how we got our power across Greenwich and Woolwich

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  I am a great admirer of Mary Mills and her work which over the years has revealed the industrial archaeology of where I grew up. Entitled ...
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