Monday, 13 July 2026

Route 356 …. if you ever plan to travel east ……

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Well, if you ever plan to travel east, take my way, it's the highway that's the best and get your kicks on route 356. Route 356, 202...

Fires ….. floods and the year the sun went to sleep …

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I wonder how much space in books about the summer of 2026 will be given over to the moorland fires which broke out this week. Fires over Sta...

One old picture ….. a mystery location ….. and the Chorlton debate

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Now I have Lee Hutchings to thank for this image. He posted it today on a Chorlton Facebook site and it invites intriguing questions of just...

A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 8 ....... a railway ticket circa 1920

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A short series featuring objects which tell a story of Chorlton in just a paragraph and  a challenge for people to suggest some that are pe...
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Taking the curve into Shude Hill ………….

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Now I am a fan of our tram network, and I never tire of watching them move across the city at a stately pace, taking the curves and twists b...

Lost and forgotten streets of Eltham …… no. 1 Elizabeth Terrace

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I don’t think I ever took a short cut and walked down Elizabeth Terrace. Elizabeth Terrace between Boots and W. H. Smith, 2014 It’s that uni...
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Sunday, 12 July 2026

Fires over Oldham .... July 2026

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I woke to the distinctive smell of smoke this morning.    "Fires in the distance", 2018 It had been there last night and at the ti...