Sunday, 5 July 2026

Renshaws Buildings in Martledge

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Even I have to admit that this bit of road and kerb stone is not the most exciting picture of Chorlton and yet it is all that is left ...

Standing outside Burton’s on Well Hall Road remembering a suit

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Thinking of my first suit......... outside Burton's, 2015 Now I am back with another one of those buildings that most of us take ...
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Out to East Didsbury from Albert Square ……. on the new tram

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I say the new tram, because quite clearly this wasn’t the old fashioned tall stately tram which rattled its way around the city at the st...
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Saturday, 4 July 2026

This is how you honour a shop with history

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Today over fifty people gathered on an indifferent morning to commemorate and indeed celebrate one of our local Co-ops. Gathering for the ev...

Chubby Checker, cowboys and Pathe News ........... Saturday morning at Well Odeon with a thank you to Sandra

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Now  I am revisiting Saturday morning pictures and in particular the Odeon at Well Hall . And as ever the memories came flooding back w...

More stories ….. from that Co-op shop on Hardy Lane … a carpenter and a blue plaque

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Now for anyone who delves into the past there is one over arching observation and that is the simple one that the work is never done. And th...

Picking a municipal bus company and travelling across the city in 1963

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Cover of Maps of Manchester & District, 1963 Now I am looking at a copy of the 1963 Manchester bus routes which my friend David has...
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