Friday, 8 May 2026

In Jubilee Cottages behind the High Street in the spring of 1851

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The High Street, with Fry's Buildings 1858-73 Jubilee Cottages were one of those places I wish I had been able to visit but I m...
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Mr. Taylor’s very old cottage ……….. on the edge of the meadows

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Now I am back with a familiar picture which has appeared before on the blog. Mr. Taylor's cottage, date unknown The caption just says, “...

So this is 1968 and we are looking up towards St Peter’s Square

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I have to admit it is a scene which is very familiar and like all good pictures from the past I seem to remember it as monochrome. O...
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Thursday, 7 May 2026

Stories from Middle Europe in the 1920s & 30s ........ Joseph Roth ....... on the wireless

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Joseph Roth was a a journalist and author and to my shame someone who I knew nothing about. Joseph Roth, 1926 All of which meant that today...

That lost magical Chorlton playground ... a man called Gabbott .... and the Curnon Steam Meter

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 For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated by a patch of land just a little to the north of Chorlton Brook. That assemblage of ol...

It’s how we did it ……… 1962 …… and a heap of adverts

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Anyone who can remember the Colgate advert in the block of ice will know that adverts can date, and is a reminder of how they did things ve...

In Well Hall in the April of 1851

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History is messy and rarely fits with that neat simplistic model we were taught at school.  So take for example that idea that people ...
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