Saturday, 18 July 2026

Recreating the lost Well Hall House with Edith Nesbit

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Well Hall House from Well Hall Road, 1909 Well Hall House has passed out of living memory. It was built in 1733, was home to some Elt...
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The humble outside lavatory ….. here in Chorlton ….. wondering how many have survived

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Now for anyone who grew up or lived in a 2 up two down property, this brick structure will be familiar. Declan's brick structure, 2021 ...
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Walking the city of Manchester in 1841 .......... courtesy of Mr B Love

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Now I bet the Handbook of Manchester would have caused a stir amongst the elegant tea rooms and learned libraries of London back in 1842 wh...
Friday, 17 July 2026

Five pictures …… one road …… and a heap of Chorlton’s story

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This is Brook Lane in 1909 on the cusp of a change. 1909 For centuries it had led out of the village past the old Bowling Green Hotel, cross...
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Rescuing five Manchester Radicals ……………"from the enormous condescension of posterity”

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How easy it is to lose our history, and once lost how much more difficult to retrieve. Alexander Somerville, 1848 This I know is not ...

A little bit of our history down at the Co-op

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2d token issued by the R.A.C.S., date unknown It’s so easy to lose so much of our history. Now the big things like the homes of the g...

Walking the River ....... the Power Station

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A short series taken from one day when I walked along the River. Back then the Thames was still a place to to earn a wage and watch a...