Thursday, 14 May 2026

Two novels … one author ….. and the continuing story of John and Enriqueta Rylands

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We are now into day seven of our Arts Festival with another seven to go, and it just keeps giving, with a variety of different events spann...

The Garamantes ... that ancient Sahara civilization .... on the wireless today

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To my shame I had never come across The Garamantes. Ruins of the ancient city of Garma02, 2010 All of which will be put right when I listen ...

Looking for the lost ...... one street over time in Ancoats ..... no 3 Homer Street when the developer came knocking

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The story of one street in Ancoats, and the people who lived and worked there. North of the river, 1819 Homer Street was located jus...

From New York to Well Hall, the story of the Cooper family in the 1850s

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Well Hall in the April of 1844 I am fascinated by the people who history has neglected. The rich, the powerful and those of influence...
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A little bit of our unremarkable past ...... that hut in the Rec

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Now here is a little piece of our past which makes me very happy. The picture was taken in 1980 and confirms that I wasn’t imagining th...
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Wednesday, 13 May 2026

On Court Yard in 1911 with Mrs Morris and memories of Eltham in the 19th century

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I am looking at number 25 Court Yard, and there in the picture are Mrs Annie Morris and her sons David and Harold. I don’t know the dat...
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Looking for the lost ...... one street over time in Ancoats ..... no 2 Homer Street and the Ward family

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Now I would like to think that one of these young people could be Ethel Ward. Students at St Andrews School, 1920 She was living wi...
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