Andrew Simpson

Now I grant you this isn’t the zippiest of titles, but it does the business. We are standing at the junction of Barlow Moor Road and Wilbrah...

Now I am the first to admit it’s a bit of a silly title but that is exactly what my friend Neil did, once under the river at Woolwich and t...

Uppermill circa 1890 Robert Banks was one of those remarkable Victorian self made men, who went from being a woollen piercer in a mill ...

Here is a picture I keep coming back to. At the Electricity showrooms, undated It is a popular one which keeps cropping up on social media a...

It started with the find of a broken bottle in a garden on Wilton Road. The lost and found bottle, 2023 My friend Declan wrote “Hi Andrew. N...

Now of all the places I knew in my youth I have to say Woolwich is one of those that has  undergone some of the most radical change. So...

Now I remain fascinated by what can turn up in an old cupboard, under the floor boards or in this case the family picture album. And fo...