Tuesday, 29 September 2026

The day I lost a Chorlton Chartist

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Well to be more accurate, it was more the day I invented one who never was.  It all looked so good.  In the June of 1847 Alexander Som...

On discovering Woolwich

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I have very fond memories of Woolwich. Washing prawns, 1979 It was a place that I was quite late in visiting  which is a bit daft since we...

One canal …… 18 pictures ……. 47 or so years ago …… walking the Rochdale in 1979

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A short series bringing together for the first time pictures I took walking the Rochdale Canal from Princess Street to the Castlefield Basi...
Monday, 28 September 2026

Walking the River ......... the scenic route

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A short series taken from one day when I walked along the River. Back then the Thames was still a place to to earn a wage and watch a...

A Chorlton Chartist, Alexander Somerville, well almost

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I think I am close to finding my Chorlton Chartist. Or in fact two, although having said that neither was born here or lived here, bu...

One canal …… 18 pictures ……. 47 or so years ago …… walking the Rochdale in 1979

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 A short series bringing together for the first time pictures I took walking the Rochdale Canal from Princess Street to the Castlefield Ba...
Sunday, 27 September 2026

One canal …… 18 pictures ……. 47 or so years ago .......... walking the Rochdale in 1979

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  A short series bringing together for the first time pictures I took walking the Rochdale Canal from Princess Street to the Castlefield B...