Friday, 26 June 2026

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester nu 26 ........ at Salford Cross in 1875 with Mr Henry Nelson

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Now sometimes it is best just to stay with the image and keep the words to the minimum. The Bulls Head, 1875 The caption just says, “...
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Dancing across London …. and on in to Bermondsey ….1965

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I like musicals, and so when I saw a trailer for a 1965 film about London and especially Bermondsey, I was hooked and sent off for the DVD....
Thursday, 25 June 2026

Painting the posh ..... Madam Le Brun ...... on the wireless today

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Vigée Le Brun, my Wikipedia tells me "was a French painter who mostly specialized in portrait painting, in the late 18th and early 19t...

The secrets of the Old Road and the Isles …….. marl pits and water filled ponds

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Now, we have lost most of the features of our rural past, here in Chorlton. The Old Road, 2016 But just occasionally there are still ...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Salford ........... nu 35 walking along Greengate in the winter of 1849

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Greengate in 1849 Now I don’t think there will be many pictures of Greengate in the winter of 1849. All of which leaves me with a map...
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Chorlton farmers ............. Mr and Mrs Bancroft farming at Park Brow from 1841

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Now I don’t have a picture of James Bancroft, but given that he was born in 1802 and spent his life at the plough I doubt he would have had...
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Painting Well Hall and Eltham ....... nu 8 ....... magic days and evenings by the Tudor Barn

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An occasional series featuring buildings and places I like and painted by Peter Topping. The Barn, 2017 I am guessing we all have our...