Monday, 1 December 2025

In the midst of plenty ........ two children sleeping rough “one under a Salford Railway arch and the other below an old staircase in a Deansgate entry”

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I t still beggars belief that in a city some called the “second city of the Empire,” which proudly displayed its trade links to the world i...

Settling a few old mysteries and uncovering a few new ones ……. Chorlton-cum-Hardy in 1881

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Now, it is a simple observation that what you once thought you knew about a place or a past event can be turned on its head. And that is pre...
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On a wet Thursday night in Plumstead ………………

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Plumstead cinemas, 1928 Now I am on a roll, and having explored the cinemas of Eltham and Woolwich, I thought it was only fair to branc...
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Sunday, 30 November 2025

Walking the streets of Manchester in 1870 ......... part 3 ........testing the story of dark secrets and awful tragedies in Wood Street

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Now it is very easy to fall into the trap of using newspaper reports to draw a picture of the past . And so far that is what I have d...
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The story of one building in Chorlton over three centuries ............. part 2 Mr Riddle, a pile of fish and bag of cakes

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The Travellers Rest, 1901 The continuing story   of one building in Chorlton over three centuries For just seventy years number 70...

Turning off Plumstead High Street and finding a Saxon Church .....

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Now you would think that I would have known the church of St Nicholas. After all I worked on the High Street and both our Jillian and E...
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Saturday, 29 November 2025

Walking the streets of Manchester in 1870 ......... part 2 ........Deansgate and Davenport’ Court "where scarcely a night passes but some robbery is committed”

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Now I have to say the stretch of Deansgate from St Mary’s Gate down to Victoria Street Bridge is dismal. Looking up Deansgate from Vic...
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