Wednesday, 15 July 2026

That first cinema at the top of Eltham High Street

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This is the Eltham Cinema and was on the corner of the High Street and Westmount Road. Eltham Cinema, circa 1913 It was opened in 191...

A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 10 ....... bomb damage 1940-41

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 A short series featuring objects which tell a story of Chorlton in just a paragraph and  a challenge for people to suggest some that are...
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Lost tramway signs ………………

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Now there will be those who shake their heads in dismay at this picture of a Manchester Corporation Tramways sign and mutter how boring. ...

Musical Poems and Pictures of Chorlton-cum-Hardy …. the book ….. and the launch … Saturday July 18th .... at Chorlton Library

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Come and join Peter, some guest poets and a heap of friends on Saturday July 18th for the launch of his second book showcasing more poems of...
Tuesday, 14 July 2026

A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 9 ....... a legal agreement 1767

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A short series featuring objects which tell a story of Chorlton in just a paragrah and a challenge for people to suggest some that are pe...

With Elizabeth Jane Hunt and three children in a two roomed house in Eltham in 1911

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This is the White Hart on a summer’s day in 1909, and it was going to be the subject of the story. Mrs Ann Nunn who ran the five roomed...

Learning to drive a corporation tram and other stories ….. Sidney Kirven

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Sidney Kirven worked for Manchester City Council from 1925 till he retired forty-one years later. Starting out, 1925 In that time, he saw th...