Andrew Simpson

It was exactly a week ago that the "train took the strain”, or to be more accurate I met our Saul on one railway station and took the t...

Now you know you were being treated when the cinema was the Savoy, or as it later became known the Gaumont on Manchester Road. The Pict...

Now just 40 years ago I wandered down Ballast Quay, on the off chance I would bump into someone I knew from the days I worked at Glenvilles...

In memory of Ida Bradshaw who died on New Year's Eve and whose funeral service took place today in St Clements, here is the first of thr...

The thing about old picture postcards is that there is usually a story which goes with them. Albert Square, circa 1960s Often that st...

Now for anyone who doesn’t remember the Town Hall when it still had nearly a century of Manchester soot and grime, here is the picture. ...

This is Trafalgar Road in the spring of 1968 . It was taken by John King, and I am grateful that he has given me permission to use it, becau...