Saturday, 28 March 2026

Celebrating all things history ….. today at Central Ref

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Today was one of those history days in Manchester when the Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society hosted a heap of organizations...

The Lost Chorlton pictures ......... before the trend

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This is Beech Road as it was just forty years ago. Where today there is a studio, a gallery, and a clothes shop, there was a flower sho...

The lost Eltham & Woolwich pictures ...... no. 39 ..... a day in the summer of 1978 at the Pleasaunce

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It will have been a day in August and having aimlessly wandered around Well Hall with a camera I washed up at the Pleasaunce . Like so ...

At Manchester Airport with Les Entremets et Canapes

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Now I first flew in 1982 and I have to admit I was 33 which these days is I guess quite old. But my dad was in his mid 60s and my mum ...
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Friday, 27 March 2026

Brand new Manchester ……….. replacing the hole in the ground …. 1960

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Now I always like to dig deep, trawling the historic records to support a picture. But this time I rather think I will just leave it at...
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Magic nights in Well Hall

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I can picture the poster now. It featured a guitar and a set of unlaced boots, was finely drawn in black ink resting on a white backgro...

The Lost Chorlton pictures ......... no1. ..... out across the fields

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Now some will already have picked up on the  series, The lost Manchester Collection , and the story behind how the pictures came to light.*...
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