Sunday, 10 May 2026

In our village school on the green in the spring of 1847

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Our village school on the green circa 1870 From, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, The Story* In 1847 our village school was just two years old.  ...

A community play ............ for a community festival

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Our arts festival is now in full swing and yesterday one of the events caught perfectly the guiding principle of “a community Arts Festival ...

Walking along the High Street in the spring of 1851

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Sherard House in 1909 from the garden This is one of those walks I wish I could have made in the spring of 1851. It would have starte...

Mancunian Way ............. a little bit of excitement in 1967

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Now I bet there will be more than a few people who would want to nominate this as one of the most boring picture postcards of all time. ...
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Saturday, 9 May 2026

When the bulldozer came to Beech Road ………… well almost

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I just missed the battle which if lost would have seen a swathe of properties from Crossland Road north across Beech Road and encompassing A...

Just how much we forget …………….. Manchester ……. 1964

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When you live in a place, it is easy to miss how it is changing. This is Piccadilly in 1964, and I can remember going in all of those s...
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As others saw us ........... Eltham in 1858 according to the Melville & Co's Directory

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Front cover of the Directory “Eltham is a small ancient but pleasant town and suburb of London adjoing Lee, eight miles S.E.from Lond...