Saturday, 21 March 2026

Off to the “flicks” in the winter of 1913 and a challenge for today

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Now on a dismal Saturday afternoon in Eltham during the winter of 1913 I might well have decided to take myself off to the Picturedrome whe...
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The lost stories of Hatter’s Court ……..

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You won’t find Hatter’s Court. Hatter's Court, 1850 It went a long time ago and with it the stories of the people who called it home for...

A will ……. the Eltham Hutments and a soldier of the Great War

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There are always stories, and some are more unexpected than others. Well Hall Road and the hutments circa 1920 This one concerns a wi...
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Discovering a little bit of Whalley Range’s history

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Now here is a bit of history that I bet lots of people know but has passed me by and it concerns St Margaret’s playing fields in Whalley Ra...
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Friday, 20 March 2026

When Eltham did it first ..... travelling in a double-decker train

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I say Eltham but strictly speaking it was the Southern Region of British Railways who came up with the idea of the double-decker train to al...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester ...... nu 66 Back Canal Street and Mr Thomas Griffiths

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Now there are no photographs of Mr Griffiths and there is nothing surprising about that. Home of Mr Griffiths marked in red on Little C...

A 'gang' of 'teenagers' ........... just before the War outside the Horse and Jockey

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Now I like the way that people continue to be generous with both their family pictures and the memories. So I was very pleased when thi...
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