Wednesday, 26 August 2026

On finding Miss Wright of Chorlton .............. unlocking a bit more of our history

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464 Wilbraham Road, home to Miss Wright circa 1900 Now Miss Wright of Chorlton has been found. She was and continues to be a clue t...

Down on the Kent coast at the seaside in the 1930s

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Now for reasons I won’t go into I never went on holiday to the seaside as a child. Apart from one disastrous day at Dover waiting to me...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester .......... nu 11 Dalton Entry

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Now this is a bit of a cheat, because I have already written about this little alleyway which leads in a twisty way to Tasle Alley an...
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Half twelve in the Rynek Starego Miasta .... thinking about history ... and talking about Polish food

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Now it was just past midday and after a morning in Warsaw’s old town we were hungry. In the square, 2026 And as you do, we wandered into the...
Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester .......... nu 9 Town Hall Lane

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Now this is Town Hall Lane and looking at it you half expect that it would once have gone somewhere but was long ago doomed to become a dea...

Travelling by tram round the Well Hall Circus

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Now I have no idea when this picture was taken.  I do know that it will date from after 1931 when the roundabout was built which accord...
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Searching for the Girls’ Friendly Society in that big house on St Clements Road in 1911

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At a church garden party, date unknown Now I would dearly like to know lots more about the Girls’ Friendly Society or for that matter t...