Thursday, 12 March 2026

Derrick Lea ….. the man who drew Manchester

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Today I have been reunited with Mr. Derrek Lea who drew Manchester in the 1950s and 60s. St. Ann's Square, Manchester, circa 1950s-60s H...

Spots of Lights: Women in the Holocaust ...... an online exhibition ..... one to view

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An important new exhition Spots of Light .* "The Holocaust was a watershed event in human history – an act of murder and violence that ...

Nightingale’s, and an old 78 RPM ............. a little bit of our retail past on Wilbraham Road

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Now I wonder if anyone remembers Nightingales the electrical shop which traded from 436 Wilbraham Road. Like most of the strip of sho...
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Going to school in Eltham in 1840

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Now the National School   was opened in 1814 by the Reverend J.K. Shaw Brooke. These were church schools and provided elementary educat...
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It's the detail that draws you in, another Belleville picture from 1945

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I keep coming back to this picture and like all good pictures it raises questions which as yet I do not have answers. On the surface i...

In St Ann’s Square with the Rotary Photo Company …… sometime in the early 20th century

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Now if you wanted proof that St Ann’s Square has always been a busy and fussy place, the evidence is here in this picture postcard. I d...
Wednesday, 11 March 2026

Sarah Sutton, a life lived out on the Row

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There are no pictures of Sarah Sutton, nor to my knowledge has she left a diary, or anything which might tell me about her life. She was ...