Sunday, 22 March 2026

So where did we hold a demonstration?

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Crown Square, circa 1981 This is Crown Square, and back in the 1970s and 80s it was one of the places where demonstrations finished up....

Madam Jethro ….. Gifted Clairvoyant … the 6ft Mahogany wardrobe … and “The Gladiator” Photo Works …… Chorlton in 1937

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 It is often the seemingly trivial things people leave behind, which offer up fascinating insights into how we lived. And so, it is with a c...

Connections ...... Edith Nesbit of Well Hall and William Barefoot Labour politican and councillor for Eltham

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Edith Nesbit, circa 1890 Now I like the way that history continues to surprise you, often taking you in directions which you could not ...
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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