Thursday, 28 May 2026

The Welsh Marches .... a bit of history to listen to ..... today on the wireless

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  Now this is one I listened to and enjoyed. And of course learned a lot.   It's the latests from Radio 4's In Our Time "At the...

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester .......... nu 4 St Anne's Alley

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Now St Ann’s Alley is one of those little walk throughs that it is easy to miss. Added to which it is not one that I often vent...

Scenes from a lost Chorlton, Claude Road in 1964

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Now the old petrol pump stood at the point where Claude Road does a right turn before meeting Reynard Road and running off into the Ville...
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Greenwich Park, the moment a full 53 years ago .......... nu 1 the walk

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It will be a full 55 years ago but the memory of that walk through Greenwich Park on a Saturday in September 1971 has never left me. I...
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Wednesday, 27 May 2026

When the tower of tyres ....... left our Rec

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So farewell that tower of tyres, You were a constant feature of the Rec.  And while some may have castigated your presence As a blot on the ...
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523 Barlow Moor Road back in 1961

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The Stables, 1961 The recent past is a time I take for granted.  I guess for some of us this is because it really doesn’t seem histor...

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester nu 41 ........ down Bridge Street and off to the left

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Turning off Bridge Street ........ Now here is one of those little twisty streets I had never explored. If I am honest I didn’t even ...