Thursday, 1 October 2026

Casablanca .... that film ... on the wireless today

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It's the film pretty much everyone says they like. And why not? Set against the backdrop of the struggle against the Nazi regime, it has...

One canal …… 18 pictures ……. 47 or so years ago …… walking the Rochdale in 1979

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A short series bringing together for the first time pictures I took walking the Rochdale Canal from Princess Street to the Castlefield Bas...

The lost Eltham & Woolwich pictures ...... no.3 the Pie Shop

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A short series on the pictures of Eltham and Woolwich in 1979. For four decades the pictures I took of Eltham and Woolwich in the ...
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Chorlton in 1798

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I am back with a little bit of Chorlton from 1798 looking again at some online records from A ncestry. This one is the Land Tax Redempt...
Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Lost Woolwich .......... no 3 relaxing in the allotments 1905

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Now of all the places I knew in my youth I have to say Woolwich is one of those that has  undergone some of the most radical change. So...
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One canal …… 18 pictures ……. 47 or so years ago …… walking the Rochdale in 1979

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A short series bringing together for the first time pictures I took walking the Rochdale Canal from Princess Street to the Castlefield Bas...

Chorlton's own radical ... Thomas Walker

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This is the story of Thomas Walker one time pillar of Manchester society but also a radical politician who campaigned for the abolition of ...