Andrew Simpson
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Monday, 17 August 2026
A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 20, a tram and the railway line that is 132 years old
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Concluding the story of Chorlton in just a paragraph. They are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at random. For m...
A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 19, a Liverpool half penny dated 1791
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Continuing the story of Chorlton in just a paragraph. They are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at random. For th...
Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester .......... nu 18 Marriot's Court
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This is Marriot’s Court which for some people will just be a cut through from Spring Gardens to Brown Street and for others that narrow lit...
Painting that house in Eltham for just £4 12s 6d ............
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I don’t do nostalgia and I am very quick to always point out that prices in the past must always be compared to take home pay . But ...
Sunday, 16 August 2026
A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 18, a map and what we have lost since 1907
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Continuing the story of Chorlton in just a paragraph. They are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at random. In j...
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Messages from the Royal Herbert to Nelson in Lancashire
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Now this photograph of the Royal Herbert will be familiar to many and it is one that I have featured countless times. But what makes th...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester nu 37 ........ Market Place again
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This is another of those streets which has not only been forgotten but was lost forever in the redevelopment of the area on the northern si...
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