Andrew Simpson

Stories, people and events

Tuesday, 9 June 2026

The lost pub on Port Street ...... Mrs Ann Gleave and bit of a mystery

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I am looking at a picture Andy Robertson took back in 2018 of no. 75 Port Street. The White Lion as was, 2018 Andy told me that   ...
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When they took my railway station ...........

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Now, as a rule I don’t object to change and even I could see the logic of building a new railway station yards from the old one and calling...

On discovering Knighton …… that suburb of Leicester which was once its own place

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An occasional series on the village and township of Knighton, as it was and as it is today. Knighton in 1834 In 1846 Knighton was des...
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Your invite to a new way of telling the stories of Greater Manchester …. today

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 So, today at Wilbraham St Ninian’s Church you have the opportunity to roam over the history of Greater Manchester in a new and unique way. ...

Lost Images of Whalley Range number 6 ....... the Allied Library 1962

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This was the Allied Library which was on the corner of Upper Chorlton Road and Wood Road North. It had grown as a chain of rental li...
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Monday, 8 June 2026

The picture …. the municipal venture ….. and half a mystery solved

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Here is a picture I keep coming back to. At the Electricity showrooms, undated It is a popular one which keeps cropping up on social media a...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester nu 24 Barton Square .......... all in a name change or two

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Barton Square, 2016 Barton Square is that narrow little street that runs from Exchange Street round to St Ann Street and is domina...
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