Andrew Simpson
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Saturday, 23 May 2026
Albert welcomes you back to his Square …… Friday in May*
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For those in the know and heaps more who just wandered into Albert Square, the place has been progressively reoccupied by office workers, to...
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Of paddling pools and vanished pastimes in Chorlton Park
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Now if you are of a certain age you will remember the paddling pool in Chorlton Park. Now this is not to be confused with the big open ...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Salford nu 8 .... Chapel Street
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Now before anyone says anything I am quite well aware that Chapel Street is neither lost nor forgotten. Anyone who has tried to cross t...
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Treasures from adventures in Peckham and Greenwich .............
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To this day I wonder what happened to the gas mask and the replica18th century cap gun we found on our adventures. Andrew Simpson, 1959...
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Friday, 22 May 2026
Watching the Meadows change ......... June 1965
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I wonder just how many people remember this scene? We are on the Meadows, and according to the caption this was “June 16, 1965, Clearin...
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Lesnes Abbey ..........once lost and now found courtesy of Woolwich and District Antiquarian Society
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Lesnes Abbey was a place I discovered purely by chance in the summer of 1966. The north wast wall of the abbey, 2013 At sixteen I was...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Salford nu 6 ............ Gravel Lane
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Now I know that strictly speaking Gravel Lane is neither lost nor forgotten. It runs from Blackfriars Road up to Greengate, but that ...
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