Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Past Kemp's Corner and up to Redgate Farm in the summer of 1900

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Looking across the Isles, 1882 This is another one of those walks I would like to have taken if only to set the contrast from what I...

The scene that has all but passed out of living memory

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Now I know that to suggest the scene has passed out of living memory is an outrageous claim, given that the picture was taken in 1963, whic...
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Going to the “flicks” in 1928

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This will be the easiest cinema story, and is just a list of which picture houses were around in Eltham and Woolwich in 1928. The chall...
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Monday, 7 September 2026

When a pint of Eltham Ale cost 4d and was brewed at our brewery.............. Eltham in 1874

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Eltham Brewery, 1874 I often wonder just what a pint of Eltham Ale would have tasted like. It was brewed buy our own Eltham Brewery a...

Looking for the Shambles …. behind Marks and Spencer ………….. 1969

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Now, I don’t remember Old Shambles as it was before its move following the building of the Arndale. Although I guess I must have fa...
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A picture a day Chorlton Green circa 1883-96

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A picture a day During this week of September I have decided to feature a picture a day, drawn from the collections that span a century an...
Sunday, 6 September 2026

Four Didsbury balconies ….and a pioneering woman radio producer ….. Olive Shapley

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It started with a balcony and a picture. In Didsbury they have balconies, Olive Shapley Aveune, 2026 And turned into one of those moments of...