Friday, 19 September 2025

Cycling to a beauty contest …….. “the pretty entrants” of 1937

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I bet there will be someone who remembers Riding’s Stores Ltd. They sold cycles and advertised themselves as “The largest Quality Cycle Spec...

Doing the Ancoats Trail …….. 39 years on … part two

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Now, something like 39 years ago I did the Ancoats Trail, which had been designed by Jaqueline Roberts as a guide to what were left of ou...

Animals for the pot back in the kitchens of Chorlton and Well Hall in 1848

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Back in rural communities in 1848 pigs and chickens were common enough and many families aspired to keeping a family pig.  These were ...
Thursday, 18 September 2025

When the 1950’s came back to Beech Road

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Daft title I know but the sign outside Etchells’ on Beech Road with its promise of assorted different lollies will resonate with anyone who ...

Doing the Ancoats Trail …….. 39 years on ...... part one

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Now, something like 39 years ago I did the Ancoats Trail, which had been designed by Jaqueline Roberts as a guide to what were left of our ...

Discovering more about John and Elizabeth Garland and their home in 1843

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Queenscroft today I am back with John and Elizabeth Garland who lived in that fine house called Queenscroft on Eltham Hill in 1841.* ...
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As others saw us ……… Chorlton-cum-Hardy ….. 1903

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An occasional series which offers up just a snapshot of what we were like. Chorlton-cum-Hardy, 1903 Kemps's Croner & Wilb...