Sunday, 25 October 2026

On St Johns Street with a story that crosses continents

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Now the way a story comes to light can be as fascinating and revealing as the actual story.  St John Street showing the home of the P...

Picking up the packet boat from Stretford and then post haste to Castlefield on the Duke’s Canal

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Now I often write about living in the township in the mid 19th century and I reckon if I had wanted to travel into Manchester it would have...

Sunrise Greenwich, 1904

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The second of four picture postcards of Greenwich. Sunrise, Greenwich by Professor Van Hier Picture, Sunrise, Greenwich, in the serie...
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...