Monday, 6 July 2026

A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number one ...... a bridge across the Mersey 1816

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Now this will be a short series featuring objects which tell a story of Chorlton in just a paragraph and is also a challenge for people to ...
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Walking down the High Street sometime around 1907

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Now I can’t be sure when this picture was taken. The postmark records that it was sent at 11 am on September 20th 1907, but picture pos...
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Of trolley buses and a company called SELNEC

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The trolley bus never did much for me. They were much quieter than the bus or the old trams but they always made me feel ill.  I think i...
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Sunday, 5 July 2026

Renshaws Buildings in Martledge

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Even I have to admit that this bit of road and kerb stone is not the most exciting picture of Chorlton and yet it is all that is left ...

Standing outside Burton’s on Well Hall Road remembering a suit

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Thinking of my first suit......... outside Burton's, 2015 Now I am back with another one of those buildings that most of us take ...
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Out to East Didsbury from Albert Square ……. on the new tram

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I say the new tram, because quite clearly this wasn’t the old fashioned tall stately tram which rattled its way around the city at the st...
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Saturday, 4 July 2026

This is how you honour a shop with history

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Today over eighty people gathered on an indifferent morning to commemorate and indeed celebrate one of our local Co-ops. Gathering for the e...