Sunday, 26 July 2026

Chorlton's brass band

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There is something about old photographs and as much as I like the ones of the buildings, fields and roads of Chorlton it is those that ...

A bit of the old Albert Square ….. in Manchester in 1969

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One of the things I like about photographs is that quite often there are stories within stories. So here we are in 1969, with what I take to...

Heating and hammering at the smithy on Eltham High Street in the June of 1840

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The smithy close to the present library, 1909 I like the way that Eltham is revealing more of its past. Now I say Eltham as if it was...
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Saturday, 25 July 2026

The short life of a Chorlton Post Office ….. and the lost Fleming Hall

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 It began life shortly after Chorlton’s main Post Office on Wilbraham Road was badly damaged during the Manchester Blitz in December 1940. ...
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Walking Well Hall in the April of 1844

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Well Hall in 1746 Walk along Well Hall Road which runs from the High Street north to Shooters Hill  on a sunny day and  it is a pleasan...
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Now …… you can wait for a bit of the past .... then two turn up at the same time …….. outside Manchester Cathedral

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So, here are two bits of how we lived. Both have now long vanished. The last Manchester Corporation tram completed its last journey i...

Who stole Alton Towers?

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Today I was reminded by my old Facebook chum Bill Summers of that house on Edge Lane called Alton Towers. Alton Towers, 1907 Like him I have...
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