Andrew Simpson
Stories, people and events
Saturday, 30 May 2026
Sidney Street …… little valued …….and now forgotten
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This is Sidney Street or what is left of it. Sidney Street, 2025 Once upon a time it ran off Hardman Street, taking a sharp right and becomi...
Just how do you honour a shop with history?.......
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Now it’s not a silly question nor is it an irreverent one, but a genuine search for a fitting memorial to a shop that has not only sold its ...
Take one young lad …….. several jobs working by the River …… and you get a bit of history
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Now, even on an August morning with the promise of a hot day ahead, standing at the bus stop opposite the Woolwich Ferry at 5 in the morni...
On Stretford Station with a bit of our railway past
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It will soon be nearly a quarter of a century since the last train ran from Stretford station which means that memories of a time before th...
Friday, 29 May 2026
Down at West Point in 1911 before the Seymour Hotel ........ looking for the story of Jonathan Brown .... gardener and expert orchid grower
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Now the Seymour has passed into history and soon memories will fade that this was the last pub before the long dry walk along Upper Chorlto...
Walking back in time through Eltham, Charlton and Greenwich with the pictures of Llwyd Roberts
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Now anyone with an interest in Eltham’s history will have come across the pictures of Mr Llwyd Roberts . * They first appeared in the K...
Looking out from Barlow Moor Road in the summer of 1960
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There is a singular lack of images of Chorlton during the middle decades of the last century. Look through the collections and you can find ...
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