Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Memoirs from Munuch .... 90 years ago ... one to listen to

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This is one of those podcasts from BBC Radio 4 that I dipped into but kept missing the follow up episodes, so having tuned into episode 7 to...

Gasholders I have known and loved ........... no 3 inside the Rochdale Gas works

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Now I am well aware this is a cheat ............. less a gasholder and more the inside of the Rochale Road Gas works. But I have included...

Will those responsible ……… return the drinking fountain to the Rec on Beech Road

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It is one of those silly stories which started with a couple of pictures of the Rec in the early morning. Early morning on the Rec, 2021 An...

Passing Burton's on Well Hall Road to the sound of Betty Everitt and Judy Street

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Now I have fond memories of the old Burton’s at the top of Well Hall Road. It was here that I bought my first suit, more than a few shi...
Tuesday, 17 June 2025

What do we do with an Empire? ……. the answer from 1945

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  I suppose I was the last generation which went through school being taught that the “sun never set on the British Empire”. It was a grandi...
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On the streets of Manchester, polishing shoes, selling food and offering up fun balloons

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It is one of those things about city life that there is always someone who will sell you almost anything. Just over a hundred years ago...
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Jack Beasley ……… his collection of Chorlton pictures ……. and a story … part 1

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T his is Chequers Road, sometime in the 1940s. Chequers Road/Church Road circa 1940s Of course, back then it was Church Road, and it is on...