Monday, 23 March 2026

Standing in front of the Rivoli on Barlow Moor Road sometime in 1936

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Now I can’t be certain when this photograph of the Rivoli on Barlow Moor Road was taken but given that the cinema opened in November 1936 a...
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The Tudor Barn in 1909, one for the album

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The Tudor Barn in 1909 Now here is one for the picture album. This is the Tudor Barn back in 1909 and that really is about all I want...

A day of steam, fun and history ……………The Great Railway Exposition

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I have no idea how I ended up on Liverpool Road, forty years ago. I might have read about the event, or just followed the crowds. ...
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...
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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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