Andrew Simpson

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Thursday, 12 February 2026

The Code of Hammurabi ...... on the wireless today

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Now, this is one I am looking forward to listening to. Stele of Hammurabi, circa 1751 BC It is 40 minutes of wonderful discussion on the law...

One hundred years of one house on Well Hall Road, part 3, looking for the first residents

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Our house today This is where we lived  in for thirty years. We moved into 294 Well Hall Road in March 1964 and while us kids slowly ...

Back with Derrick A. Lea in the Chorlton of 1955

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It’s one of those odd things that we have few pictures of Chorlton in the 1950s.  Now there are a few fine collections in the Local H...
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Rediscovering Cheetham .............. nu 1 the Manchester Ice Palace

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Now I will leave the story of Cheetham, Strangeways and Redbank to  those who are far more qualified to write about its history.* Inste...
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Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Surprises ……. St Matthews Sunday School

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I have always liked the former St Matthews Sunday School that stands on Liverpool Road. It is a simple but pleasing building which I think w...
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Stories of the Great War from Eltham and Woolwich ............. nu 2 losing your job on the Well Hall estate

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Now I wonder how the individual stories of people living on the Progress Estate played out after the Great War *. The estate as most ...

Crossing the Mersey in 1955 to Jackson's Boat

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Like many of Derrick A. Lea’s pictures of Chorlton this one was made in the winter. We are at Jackson’s Boat, that pub across the ri...
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