Saturday, 3 October 2026

Hay making in Chorlton ............ or almost

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Now here is an image which could have been so easily taken in Chorlton. Hay Making in Furness Vale, date unknown The picture is l...

One clock tower ….. a pub ….. and 4 funny looking cars ….. 47 years ago

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The picture may not win any prizes for top quality image of the year. But then it was 1979 and I was just starting out on taking photographs...

The lost Eltham & Woolwich pictures ...... no. 34 ..... building the barrier

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Another in the collection on that new build on the water. Now for many the Thames Barrier will be just one of those bits of river fur...
Friday, 2 October 2026

Home Thoughts of Woolwich ....... no. 1 ….. the badge

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Sometimes it is as simple as a badge, which after 40 years brings back a bit of history. Having left Well Hall in 1969 for Manchester, I onl...

The Bella Napoli on Kennedy Street ............ where we learned to love pizza

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Now I won’t be alone in having fond memories of the Bella Napoli on Kennedy Street. Neapolitan pizza, 2017 It opened in 1973 just thr...
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Of floods and tourist attractions on the edge of Chorlton

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Today I am on the Mersey at the edge of the township.  It is 1910 and judging by the trees we are somewhere in the summer or early autum...
Thursday, 1 October 2026

Casablanca .... that film ... on the wireless today

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It's the film pretty much everyone says they like. And why not? Set against the backdrop of the struggle against the Nazi regime, it has...