Wednesday, 20 May 2026

Home Thoughts of Woolwich ....... no. 1 ….. the badge

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Sometimes it is as simple as a badge, which after 40 years brings back a bit of history. Having left Well Hall in 1969 for Manchester, I onl...

When Mr & Mrs Allendale sold apples at that shop on the corner of Wilbraham and Keppel

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That shop having its makeover, June 2015 Never underestimate the power  of memory, Recently I reflected on the changes to that shop on...

The Chorlton History Wall ........ looking for a new home

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After two years the third Chorlton History Wall is on the move.  It was the latest in our series where art meets history telling the story o...

Lost and forgotten streets of Salford nu 4 ............ Caxton Street

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Caxton Street is the one that runs from Chapel Street to the railway viaduct but once upon a time ran on as Union Street under the train tr...
Tuesday, 19 May 2026

Chorlton Office, a pair of boots and a bus stop ................

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This is one of my favourite pictures of Chorlton in the 1960s which comes from  George Cieslik’s collection. I do like those images of ...
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A little bit of Woolwich ........ from Manchester

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Now I like the way a picture of a place I remember so well from my youth just pops into my in tray. And so it is with this fine photogr...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Salford ...................... nu 1 St Simon Street, a wireless and sixty earth rods

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Now you can still walk along St Simon Street but it no longer follows the route that it did when it led from Blackfriars Street to the Anac...