Sunday, 11 January 2026

The train now arriving is the 13.20 from 1979

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I am well aware it isn’t the most original of titles but it pretty much sums up where we are. At the back of the 1970s I bought a new c...
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Looking for cows, farm buildings and a milkman on Brookburn Road in 1927

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Now I am the first to admit that you would be hard put to fit this wooden door into the history of a farm in Chorlton. Outside the stab...
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In Blackheath in the summer of 1977

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Now there is a story here about the history of the postal service. But that is for another day.  For now I shall ponder on what Tranqui...
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Saturday, 10 January 2026

When Mr. Bradshaw ignored All Saints Church on Blackheath

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You would have to be pretty mean spirited to ignore that church on the heath. It stands on the southern edge of Blackheath, was described by...

Who laments the passing of the old milk machine?

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It is as much a piece of history as the Penny Farthing bike or the old fashioned tram.   I am trying to remember when I would have use...
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The story of one family in Chorlton ........... part 4 working at Brook Farm in the summer of 1927

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It is easy to forget that just two generations ago we still had a number of independent dairies here in Chorlton and stories of being sent ...
Friday, 9 January 2026

One hundred years of one house in Chorlton ....... part 161 .... avocado, sweetcorn, mango and a dollop of Vesta curry

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  The continuing story   of the house Joe and Mary Ann Scott lived in for over 50 years and the families that have lived here since.* Five ...