Saturday, 18 July 2026

Ignoring Eric ….

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It does seem pretty much a given that any conversation about vegetarian food draws down a torrent of unsolicited, banal, and even hostile co...

Recreating the lost Well Hall House with Edith Nesbit

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Well Hall House from Well Hall Road, 1909 Well Hall House has passed out of living memory. It was built in 1733, was home to some Elt...
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The humble outside lavatory ….. here in Chorlton ….. wondering how many have survived

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Now for anyone who grew up or lived in a 2 up two down property, this brick structure will be familiar. Declan's brick structure, 2021 ...
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Walking the city of Manchester in 1841 .......... courtesy of Mr B Love

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Now I bet the Handbook of Manchester would have caused a stir amongst the elegant tea rooms and learned libraries of London back in 1842 wh...
Friday, 17 July 2026

Five pictures …… one road …… and a heap of Chorlton’s story

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This is Brook Lane in 1909 on the cusp of a change. 1909 For centuries it had led out of the village past the old Bowling Green Hotel, cross...
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Rescuing five Manchester Radicals ……………"from the enormous condescension of posterity”

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How easy it is to lose our history, and once lost how much more difficult to retrieve. Alexander Somerville, 1848 This I know is not ...

A little bit of our history down at the Co-op

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2d token issued by the R.A.C.S., date unknown It’s so easy to lose so much of our history. Now the big things like the homes of the g...