Tuesday, 30 June 2026

“paying due honour to the wisest and most virtuous Statesman that ever appeared in any country” *….. the Manchester Pitt Club

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Now until today Pitt Clubs were just a footnote in history books on the late 18th and early 19th century. The Manchester Pitt Medal, 1813 An...

Lydia Brown ……… Chorlton farmer and businesswoman comes out of the shadows ...... after 176 years

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I wish there was more to know about Lydia Brown, because back in the middle decades of the 19th century she was a busy woman, here in Chorl...
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William Barefoot and a day in the archives of the Peoples’ History Museum in Manchester

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William Brefoot, date unknown Now I have to confess that for me William Barefoot was just a name on a plaque in the Pleasaunce, and i...
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A tea trolley ….. the Chorlton and Manley Co-operative Women's Guild …. and that community venue

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History comes in all shapes and sizes and none more so than the Hardy Lane Co-op store here in Chorlton which is just a tad short of celebra...
Monday, 29 June 2026

A postcard and a memory of our declining rural past

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This remains one of my favourite pictures of the old church.  It was taken sometime before September 1904 but could have been at any ti...

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester nu 92 ...... Cannon Court

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Cannon Court has tidied its act up  a lot since I first stumbled across it in 1969, soon after I arrived in Manchester. 1967 I rememb...
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Celebrating who we are .... down at the Library

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Community is a much-used word but at its best is about how we react with others, how we look out for everyone and a pleasure in recognising ...