Wednesday, 14 October 2026

One hundred years of one house in Well Hall part 9........... bold new designs and a bit of Formica

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This is the continuing story of one house in Well Hall Road and of the people who lived there including our family.* I often wonder wha...
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Secrets from a Chorlton grave yard ……

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I am looking at the remains of a clay pipe dating from around 1831 . King William lV pipe 1831-37 I can be fairly confident of that date bec...

On the streets of Manchester, polishing shoes, selling food and offering up fun balloons

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It is one of those things about city life that there is always someone who will sell you almost anything. Just over a hundred years ago...
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Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Goodbye you came too late …. the sad story of the Bank of England

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 I never drank in the Bank of England. The Bank of England .... clinging on, 2025 It was in that space between New Islington and Holt Town...

Down on Chorlton Green with the Penny Savings Bank

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I like the way stories have a habit of coming around all over again. And so it is with the Penny Savings Bank.  It was set up in 1887 a...
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One hundred years of one house in Well Hall part 6 ........... winter in 294

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This is the c ontinuing story  of one house in Well Hall Road and of the people who lived there including our family. * Now I can’t ...
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A little bit about Samuel L Coulthurst and those amazing pictures of Manchester street life

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Rochdale Road and Swan Street 1900 This is another of those images of Manchester street life by Samuel Lawrence Coulthurst. It was ta...
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