Monday, 16 March 2026

Longford Hall … The Parsonage and that Didsbury pub ….. three pictures from that remarkable artist Derrick Lea ….. and their stories

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I have become a great fan of the artist Derrick Lea who during the 1950s and into the 60s drew and painted many of our iconic buildings acr...

When torture came with a plastic rain mac …… memories of the 1950s

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My Pakamac was ideal for summer showers.    " Lewis’s say … Take a cape, circa 1950s But they were a cruel invention. Despite being lig...

A 1930s cinema and a church from Woolwich, more walks in Well Hall

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From Kidbrook Lane to the Well Hall roundabout Continuing a walk through Eltham in the footsteps of Darrell Sprurgeon.   This is part...
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For the Friends of Oxford Road .......... part 2 ...... Studios One to a Million

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Now, this is one of the pictures I took of a demonstration in the 1980s. We are on Oxford Road heading towards the railway station, and...
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Dangerous times and peaceful protests

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“the dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with th...
Sunday, 15 March 2026

When Mr. Lea drew Chorlton-cum-Hardy …………..

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I have Jon and Hazel to thank for reigniting my interest in our local artist Derrick Lea who I first came across a decade and a bit ago. Sev...

The case of Mrs Crowfoot's plum pudding ......... dark deeds at Well Hall in January 1870

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I don’t often go looking at the Proceedings of the Old Bailey which are now online and cover the period 1674-1913 which is my loss.*  ...