Wednesday, 22 April 2026

In Eltham with the Reverend John Kenward Shaw Brooke and some revealing records

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John Kenward Shaw Brooke from an engraving in the church I  am sitting looking at a picture of the Reverend John Kenward Shaw Brooke an...
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Salford Station ............ the one you miss

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It’s the one you miss. Salford Central Station is on New Bailey Street and is set back between two railway viaducts. So travelling...
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Historians of Chorlton ................. Cliff Hayes

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I wish I met Cliff Hayes, unlike all of the historians I have posted he was around Chorlton during all the time I have lived here.  Tru...
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Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Travelling on the railway in 1830

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I wish I could  have rattled along on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway sometime in the 1830s. But I can't so instead I will offe...

Passing the parish church one Sunday in November and remembering Bradshaw's guide

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Now I like Ryan’s picture of Eltham Church which got me thinking about how a modern guide book would describe it. Back in 1861 Bradshaw...

Marjorie Holmes, 1921-2014, a dear friend and historian of Chorlton

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Marjorie with her mother, circa 1929 on the lockups by Chorlton Green Over the years Marjorie had become a close friend, and because s...
Monday, 20 April 2026

Why Stuff Matters: Objects, Power and the Past ...... on the wireless today

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I am a great fan of Radio 4's Start the Week which is one of those talking programmes the BBC excels at and this one was no exception. ...