Wednesday, 14 January 2026

Turning up bits of Chorlton’s history in the most unexpected places .... the T shirt

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Now here is a bit of history, and like lots of good history it is something that takes us directly to one person’s story. It belongs to...

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester nu 46 ...... the one with the canal

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I am on Camp Street just off Deansgate Camps Street, 1938 And if I wanted to be more accurate we are standing in the Manchester and S...

The Welcome Inn ................... the early days

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Now some stories just have a habit of not wanting to go away. They stay hanging around challenging you to go off and discover something...
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Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Uncertain times ……… when nasty bits of history don’t go away

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I suppose every generation at some point comes to terms that with uncertain times, threats become real and the unthinkable becomes a prospec...

Mrs McMinn’s beer shop ... the Fustian man.... and the music printer ….. lost and forgotten streets of Manchester no. 98 ….. Short Street

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 Short Street is very short. Short Street, 2024 And you might be excused if you failed to notice it, which is what I guess happens with most...

Down at the Savoy Cinema in 1937 on Manchester Road watching Road to Glory

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Now back in the summer of 1937 I could have had three cinemas to choose from here in Chorlton and of these the most impressive was the Sav...
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Travelling the Broads with a camera ….. part 2

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I am a great fan of other people’s pictures. It’s a mix of reasons from experiencing new places to seeing those places through the lens of a...