Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Searching the picture ….. London Road 1895

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This is a photograph of London Road where it joins Store Street and we are in 1895. London Road, 1895 There is nothing very remarkable about...

Mrs Crump of Chorlton-cum-Hardy and a piece of broadcasting history

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Now this is another of those stories which has much more to offer. Back on January 1 1947 Mrs Elsie May Crump appeared on Woman’s Hour ...
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Outside Beech Road Police Station ........ revealing a little of the life of PC Frederick George Ross

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This is Police Constable Frederick George Ross standing with his colleagues outside the police station on Beech Road. Now I can’t be ...
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Two for the price of one original photograph ......... St Margaret’s Church, Plumstead in the summer of 1905

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Now this may seem rather indulgent to offer up two identical pictures of the same spot but of course there is a tad difference and that c...
Tuesday, 6 October 2026

When the historic picture postcards …. turn out to be street grids

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Once along time ago you could follow a friend’s holiday adventures by the picture postcards they sent back. Salamanca Firefighters, 2026 Lat...

Down on Maple Avenue with more rare pictures

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This is another of those wonderful images from Ray Jones whose family owned one of the houses on Maple Avenue for over a century, spanning ...
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Sweet Thames Flow Softly*

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The Thames Flows Down is another of those wonderful children's books written in the 1950s. It was the companion to   A Valley G...