Andrew Simpson

Cliefden House, 1909 Mr Thomas Hopkirk ran his military academy from Cliefden House in the High Street during the middle decades of the...

Now this is the Manchester of my youth. I say youth but I was just turning 19 and many of the old Victorian and Edwardian buildings wer...

Now here is one of those fascinating little bits of history which like so many is the result of nothing more dramatic than turning out a cu...

Looking south into Pound Place, 1905 “Pound Place is the name of the street on the side of the High Street opposite the Public Library....

I am looking at an advert for Park Wireless a company which sold electrical goods across south Manchester including Chorlton.*   The ye...

Now, I know exactly where we are on Wilmlsow Road, and I know exactly when we were there. Walking the Coronation, 1911 And this is be...

It was one of those perfect summer days out beyond Hardy Farm. The sun was hot and the sky a brilliant blue with just a few light clo...