Tuesday, 3 November 2026

New pubs for old and a disappointed confectioner

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I rather think there must have been something in the air in the early months of 1907. In the February there were two applications in f...

So what was Southern Street in Castlefield once like?

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Southern Street in 2003 This was Southern Street, off Liverpool Road during a chunk of the 1980s  and into the next two decades it was ...
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Round About A Pound A Week ......... London life and London Poor ..... 1913

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“Take a tram from Victoria to Vauxhall Station.   Get out under the railway arch which faces Vauxhall Bridge, and there you will find K...
Monday, 2 November 2026

That unusual picture of the old parish church ….. with a heap more

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  This is one of my favourite pictures. It has appeared countless times before on the blog, and I never tire of writing about it. This is t...

When history collides with the kitchen …… three tomatoes, two chilli's and a bit of garlic ..... cooking from home no. 6

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 The challenge is a simple one. Three tomatoes, two chilli's, one garlic and some pasta, 2026 Take a handful of ingredients from the kit...

Looking at Eltham in 1930 with the drawings of Llwyd Roberts

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Way to the Palace Today I received a wonderful collection of drawings from my friend Margaret whose husband like me grew up in Eltham. ...
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The lost Didsbury pub …………

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It was the pub which progressed from being a hotel, went on to have a connection with a snooty fox and ended its days as the Mersey Lights....
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