Tuesday, 20 October 2026

An almost familiar scene of Mount Street in the heart of the city ........ just 89 years ago

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Now here is a picture of the city which is at once both familiar but not familiar. Mount Street, 1937 We are on Mount Street with Cen...

Memories of that other Thames ……

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 I don’t know if cargo ships still berth along my bit of the River at Greenwich. But someone will know, and I hope will tell me. I left Lond...

On finding Mr. Howarth's bottle with the galloping horse ...... on Cheltenham Road

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  Now here is a mystery which involves a bottle, George Howard of Thornburn Street and our own Cheltenham Road. Yesterday David posted the ...
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Monday, 19 October 2026

Going to the Art Gallery in Piccadilly Gardens in 1929 ........ the one we never got

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Now what do you do with a big hole in the ground in the centre of Manchester? Today of course it would be sold for development and pret...

The lost building on Barlow Moor Road ……….

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No matter how much you uncover about the story of Chorlton, there is always something new. 1927 So, a while ago Kelsey Broome sent me...
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The ship …….. a lighter …. and the River

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Now I am the first to admit as pictures go these might not be the ones to enter for “The most exciting picture of the century”, but they are...
Sunday, 18 October 2026

Walking with history …….. Bucatini Cacio e Pepe

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It is one of the obvious observations that some of the simplest of dishes remain both fun to make and above all are totally delicious. Bucat...