Saturday, 16 August 2025

Wishing you were here ........... Eltham in the past nu 3 the old vicarage 1833

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The caption says "The Old Vicarage as seen from what is now Sherrard Road.  In the distance the Church.  On the right the old Cheq...

The bridges of Salford and Manchester ........... nu 3 how things change

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I recently included much the same view along the river in the 1850s by the artist C W Clennell. And then I was back in 2016. Locati...
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Friday, 15 August 2025

University Green …….the place I discovered this week

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University Green is that space off Oxford Road which on a warm sunny day is the perfect place to take in a drink with a friend or just watch...
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At the vicar's jubilee in Eltham with Peter Wakeman in the field by the vicarage in the September of 1833

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“in many of the homes of Eltham ..... so impressive were the demonstrations that took place [to commemorate his fifty years in office...
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“Wally of the Whalley” Says Goodbye ......... stories of the Whalley Hotel

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“Wally of the Whalley” Says Goodbye It is one of those headlines that you just can’t miss. “Wally of the Whalley” Says Goodbye appear...

The bridges of Salford and Manchester ......... nu 2 Victoria Bridge, sometime in the 1850s

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Now there is not much more to say .  It is the work of C W Clennel sometime in the 1850s. But there is more. And for that I am indebt...
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Thursday, 14 August 2025

When a bit of the Ship Canal came to Longford Park ……

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This is one of the desks which once belonged to the Manchester Ship Canal. The desk, 2025 I like the idea that it has come home to Longford ...