Andrew Simpson
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Thursday 28 March 2024
Chasing down the mystery ……. walks in the Lea Woods ….. no. 1
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Take one holiday home which clearly has heaps of history possibly back to old King George 111, throw in a wall and a ruined fireplace in the...
One canal …… 18 pictures ……. 40 or so years ago …… walking the Rochdale in 1979
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A short series bringing together for the first time pictures I took walking the Rochdale Canal from Princess Street to the Castlefield Basi...
Madam Jethro ….. Gifted Clairvoyant … the 6ft Mahogany wardrobe … and “The Gladiator” Photo Works …… Chorlton in 1937
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It is often the seemingly trivial things people leave behind, which offer up fascinating insights into how we lived. And so, it is with a c...
Walking into Eltham in 1862
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The parish church in 1860 I am back with Bradshaw in 1862 continuing to explore one of the walks laid out in the Illustrated Handboo...
Wednesday 27 March 2024
One canal …… 18 pictures ……. 40 or so years ago …… walking the Rochdale in 1979
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A short series bringing together for the first time pictures I took walking the Rochdale Canal from Princess Street to the Castlefield Bas...
When the bulldozer came to Beech Road ………… well almost
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I just missed the battle which if lost would have seen a swathe of properties from Crossland Road north across Beech Road and encompassing A...
Visitation of God or manslaughter, the death of John Bradshaw in Eltham in 1837
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Rural communities have never been the peaceful idyllic places some would have us believe. In just a short two decades, the small township...
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