Sunday, 13 September 2026

Odd facts about Chorlton no 1 ...... when Mr and Mrs Royce lived on Holland Road

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Now I like the way that I sometimes get asked to research a bit of Chorlton’s history, at which point I have to declare that it isn’t diffi...

Walking up the High Street on a January day in 1914

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Now there are many ways of recreating a walk up the High Street on a day log ago. One of the easiest is to use photographs from the pas...

When St Mary’s Hospital in Manchester moved out to Prestbury

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I came across David’s story of Collar House in Prestbury and its role in the last world war as an annexe to St Mary’s in Manchester.  He ki...
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Saturday, 12 September 2026

Looking out from Cross Lane ....... across the fields of Chorlton-cum-Hardy with Mr Samuel Walton

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In the spring of 1877, Mr Samuel Walton would have had a fine view from his house on Cross Road out on to the fields which stretched down B...
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Looking for a glimpse of the 1970s from Piccadilly Railway Station ...... a SELNEC bus, some vanished buildings and a slice of Black Forest gateau ......... nostalgia doesn’t get any better

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Now if you are of a certain age this will be a pretty familiar scene. It is one I saw countless times as I walked down from the station...
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Well Hall House that fine 18th century pile which went in 1930

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Well Hall House date unknown Now I am fascinated by Well Hall House. It was built in 1733, replacing the Tudor manor house and was de...
Friday, 11 September 2026

Back in Chorlton in the October of 1961

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Pemberton Arcade, Barlow Moor Road “Just a sixpenny bus ride from Piccadilly, Manchester is Chorlton-cum-Hardy – the little green mead...
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