Andrew Simpson

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Monday, 17 August 2026

A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 19, a Liverpool half penny dated 1791

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Continuing the story of Chorlton in just a paragraph. They are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at random. For th...

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester .......... nu 18 Marriot's Court

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This is Marriot’s Court which for some people will just be a cut through from Spring Gardens to Brown Street and for others that narrow lit...

Painting that house in Eltham for just £4 12s 6d ............

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I don’t do nostalgia and I am very quick to always point out that prices in the past must always be compared to take home pay . But ...
Sunday, 16 August 2026

A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 18, a map and what we have lost since 1907

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Continuing the story of Chorlton in just a paragraph. They are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at random. In j...
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Messages from the Royal Herbert to Nelson in Lancashire

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Now this photograph of the Royal Herbert will be familiar to many and it is one that I have featured countless times. But what makes th...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester nu 37 ........ Market Place again

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This is another of those streets which has not only been forgotten but was lost forever in the redevelopment of the area on the northern si...
Saturday, 15 August 2026

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester .......... nu 10 Four Yards

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Now I was never much good at maths or for that matter being able to make judgments about distance. So I can’t say whether the dista...
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