Saturday, 24 October 2026

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester nu 36 Newgate ..... less a street and more a court

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Now I didn’t expect to find Newgate on the directories, even when this picture was taken in the 1890s the inhabitants of this closed court ...
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The Chorlton cinema story that went elsewhere ……

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This was our first purpose-built cinema which was opened in 1914, in what had once been part of the large garden owned by the Holt family. T...
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Moonlight, Greenwich, 1904

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The last of four picture postcards of Greenwich. Moonlight, Greenwich by Professor Van Hier Picture, Sunset, Greenwich, in the series...
Friday, 23 October 2026

One out of two ain’t bad …. travels through a bit of history

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single cook in search of something new must have failures.* So, there I was having successful...

Living beside the Medlock in the shadow of those tall railway viaducts ……… Victoria Terrace and Coronation Square

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 I doubt I would ever have known about a row of terraced houses beside the River Medlock in the heart of the city and certainly would not ha...
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A lost house, an old bridge ..... and a scene that has passed out of living memory, Barlow Moor Road in the summer of 1909

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Barlow Moor Road Bridge, 1909 We are looking at a stretch of Barlow Moor Road that has now passed out of living memory.  The pictur...
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Walking through Eltham with Darrell Sprurgeon, ... Well Hall

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Returning to the series featuring Discover Eltham.* I am a great fan of Discover Eltham, so much so that I have two copies, and both ar...