Saturday, 27 June 2026

This Is London ........ a unique guide to the London of 1959

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Now I have no idea why I never got a copy of This Is London. * Cover of This is London I guess that there are only so many books th...

A day out on the meadows ..... circa 1910

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The caption reads, “the footbridge over the stream at Brook Road entrance to the meadows.   From this bridge there was a diagonal pat...

Lost and forgotten streets of Salford nu 58 ................. Booth Street

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Now Booth Street is just what you would expect of one of those twisty little streets off Chapel Street which make their way down to the riv...
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Friday, 26 June 2026

A book called Alice …. a thunderstorm ….and the lazy buzz of visiting bees … the non-history story

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August into September used to be known as the silly season when with Parliament in recess along with the law courts nothing much stirred lea...

Ordinary days in St Ann’s Square …..

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It is often the ordinary picture you take and discard as boring that comes back and shows a place as it was a long time ago. I was reminded ...

Mr Gratrix's clay pipe lost in our garden in 1845

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The pipe found in the garden, 2014 It is not much of a piece of history but I found it in our front garden which makes it special and t...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester nu 26 ........ at Salford Cross in 1875 with Mr Henry Nelson

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Now sometimes it is best just to stay with the image and keep the words to the minimum. The Bulls Head, 1875 The caption just says, “...
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