Monday, 20 July 2026

Lost in the attic .............. a new collection of photographs of Chorlton........ nu 1 Whitelow Road

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This is Whitelow Road sometime in the early 20th century and with the picture comes one of those intriguing little stories. It is one...
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Sitting in a backstreet in Florence ......... thinking of WLS radio station, Chicago

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Florence, 2012 Now if you belong to that generation which was born just after the last world war, who grew up with the sound of Buddy H...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester .......... nu 3 Tasle Alley

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Now Tasle Alley is one of those places most people will pass without a second glance. It is the gap almost on the corner of John Dalt...
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“Longing to tell you ‘the Tale’ at Eltham” ……. October 12th, 1917

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Now sadly I doubt that the “The Tale” in the picture postcard refers to the short story written in 1916 by Joseph Conrad and published the ...
Sunday, 19 July 2026

The Eltham we have lost, part 2........ The old lane by the National Schools, 1908

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Another of those pictures of Eltham’s past which need no comment This is the old lane by the National Schools as it was in 1908.  The l...

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester ..... nu 65 the vanished 22 houses and 81 people

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I can’t think anyone would mourn the disappearance of Back Canal Street and Little David Street. In the space where two streets existed...

Tracking the age of your house in Chorlton

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Now one of the first golden rules of research is that you never turn down any information you are given. It might not fit with what you a...
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