Tuesday, 30 December 2025

Waiting for that fast service to Central ................ standing on the platform at Chorlton-cum-Hardy railway station

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Now I am part of that generation that grew up with steam locomotives. And I don’t mean those special heritage steam trains I mean the f...

One canal …… 18 pictures ……. 45 or so years ago …… walking the Rochdale in 1979

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A short series bringing together for the first time pictures I took walking the Rochdale Canal from Princess Street to the Castlefield Basi...

7 am on Beech Road

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  Nothing more exciting than a trip to buy a bottle of milk . H.OB. Gallery, 2025 But there is always the temptation to look in at the shop ...

In Beresford Square in the summer of 1978

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Woolwich in 1979 Now I know I have posted this picture before, but I took it and I like it. So that is enough for me. But putting a...
Monday, 29 December 2025

One hundred years of one house in Chorlton ....... part 160 .... treasures from the cellar

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The continuing story    of the house Joe and Mary Ann Scott lived in for over 50 years and the families that have lived here since.* This...

When Stretford was sniffy about Chorlton-cum-Hardy

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Now I know this will upset the residents of Stretford and no doubt bits of Chorlton too but it happened and here is the story. Strollin...
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One canal …… 18 pictures ……. 45 or so years ago …… walking the Rochdale in 1979

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  A short series bringing together for the first time pictures I took walking the Rochdale Canal from Princess Street to the Castlefield B...