Thursday, 24 September 2026

Amberleigh ... 1953-1997 ........ that prep school on Wilbraham Road

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Sometimes you encounter a story which is well beyond your own experiences. The Oaks, Wilbraham Road, 1929 And so today I plunge into that wo...

Osibisa, the old Till & Kenendy Building and a memory

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Now for no particular reason I played Woyaya by Osibisa. Osibisa and Mr. Righton The LP has sat on the shelf with a shed load of othe...
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Travelling on LCC tram number 1622 with memories of the Old Kent Road and Well Hall

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Now I missed travelling on a tram by just a matter of years, but had I been born a little earlier I might well have been on this one that...
Wednesday, 23 September 2026

The not so dusty records of Woolwich ……..

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Now for many years those of my friends who share my love of Eltham, Woolwich and Plumstead have sung the praises of the two volumes of “Reco...

When only the pubs were left ........

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It is pretty true that during many of the urban redevelopment schemes of the 1960s and 70s, it was the pubs which remained long after the ho...

Voices from Chorlton ……… 179 years ago

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In the summer of 1847 Alexander Somerville had come looking for potato blight, that disease which had ravaged the crops of Ireland and had ...

More history from Chorlton Book Festival with Brian Groom .... tomorrow

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Part of the Chorlton Book Festival 2026 collection Chorlton Library Manchester, Greater Manchester Thursday, September 24    6 PM - 7 PM Ov...