Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Half twelve in the Rynek Starego Miasta .... thinking about history ... and talking about Polish food

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Now it was just past midday and after a morning in Warsaw’s old town we were hungry. In the square, 2026 And as you do, we wandered into the...

On finding Miss Wright of Chorlton .............. unlocking a bit more of our history

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464 Wilbraham Road, home to Miss Wright circa 1900 Now Miss Wright of Chorlton has been found. She was and continues to be a clue t...

Down on the Kent coast at the seaside in the 1930s

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Now for reasons I won’t go into I never went on holiday to the seaside as a child. Apart from one disastrous day at Dover waiting to me...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester .......... nu 11 Dalton Entry

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Now this is a bit of a cheat, because I have already written about this little alleyway which leads in a twisty way to Tasle Alley an...
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Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester .......... nu 9 Town Hall Lane

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Now this is Town Hall Lane and looking at it you half expect that it would once have gone somewhere but was long ago doomed to become a dea...

Travelling by tram round the Well Hall Circus

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Now I have no idea when this picture was taken.  I do know that it will date from after 1931 when the roundabout was built which accord...
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Searching for the Girls’ Friendly Society in that big house on St Clements Road in 1911

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At a church garden party, date unknown Now I would dearly like to know lots more about the Girls’ Friendly Society or for that matter t...