Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester .......... nu 9 Town Hall Lane

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Now this is Town Hall Lane and looking at it you half expect that it would once have gone somewhere but was long ago doomed to become a dea...

Travelling by tram round the Well Hall Circus

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Now I have no idea when this picture was taken.  I do know that it will date from after 1931 when the roundabout was built which accord...
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Searching for the Girls’ Friendly Society in that big house on St Clements Road in 1911

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At a church garden party, date unknown Now I would dearly like to know lots more about the Girls’ Friendly Society or for that matter t...
Monday, 24 August 2026

Electronica Powiśle …… stories of past glories …… and a solution to the question what to do with that power station?

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 It’s an interesting question and makes for a lively debate about what we do with old and redundant buildings. Industrial relic, 2026 Of cou...

Looking for the ghosts amongst the parish gravestones ……..

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Now, anyone who has taken a stroll through the old parish graveyard of St Clement’s will agree that it is pleasant spot. The old parish grav...

I was there …. and other stories … from The Isle of Festival …. 1970 … on the wireless

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So yesterday that event I was at combined with the stories of some of the others who were there in the August of 1970. I was there on that h...

Uncovering the story of Eltham's trams ........... and a bit more too

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I have long had a fascination for trams and I have just bought Eltham and Woolwich Tramways which contains “a wealth of nostalgia with m...