Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Wattle and daub cottages in Chorlton

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The story of how we lived here in the first half of the 19th century. There may still have been upwards of fifty wattle and daub houses ...

The Limited Stop ………….. the only way to travel

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Now I remember the limited stop service that Manchester and SELNEC operated with a mix of fondness and frustration. They were fine if y...
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Well Hall on a wet day in 1964

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Now just what do you do on a Saturday morning in early July when the rain is coming down like stair rods? I rather think an adventure i...
Tuesday, 30 June 2026

“paying due honour to the wisest and most virtuous Statesman that ever appeared in any country” *….. the Manchester Pitt Club

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Now until today Pitt Clubs were just a footnote in history books on the late 18th and early 19th century. The Manchester Pitt Medal, 1813 An...

Lydia Brown ……… Chorlton farmer and businesswoman comes out of the shadows ...... after 176 years

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I wish there was more to know about Lydia Brown, because back in the middle decades of the 19th century she was a busy woman, here in Chorl...
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William Barefoot and a day in the archives of the Peoples’ History Museum in Manchester

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William Brefoot, date unknown Now I have to confess that for me William Barefoot was just a name on a plaque in the Pleasaunce, and i...
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A tea trolley ….. the Chorlton and Manley Co-operative Women's Guild …. and that community venue

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History comes in all shapes and sizes and none more so than the Hardy Lane Co-op store here in Chorlton which is just a tad short of celebra...