Wednesday, 28 October 2026

Celebrating ….. that humble but wonderful historic dish

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  Potato hash comes in many varieties and will no doubt be claimed as their own by regions across Europe and beyond. Just when the first coo...

Falling into the Workhouse ...part 1 the Chorlton Union and Chorlton-cum-Hardy

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Reflecting on the New Poor Law and how it impacted on one small rural community 4 miles from Manchester The Workhouse, Hulme, 1844 Th...

Greenwich Park, and a moment a full 53 years ago .......... nu 2 from the river

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It will be a full 55 years ago but the memory of that walk through Greenwich Park on a Saturday in September 1971 has never left me. I ...
Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Walking in the north of the township in to Martledge in the summer of 1847, part one

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Barlow Moor Lane, north to Martledge, a journey which will take in some great houses, a shop, farms and a pub as well as cottages of wat...

Taking the Parkway …….. out of the city

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Now, you will have to be of a certain age to remember that taking the bus out of the city to Wythenshawe meant travelling on the Parkway. ...
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Off Greenwich, 1904

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This is called Off Greenwich and the original was painted by Professor Van Hier Location; Greenwich Picture, Off Greenwich in...
Monday, 26 October 2026

Our stories …… and other voyages from the kitchen … part one

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I have been thinking about the stories of ourselves which are revealed from what we eat, the food choices we make and that complicated mix o...