Tuesday, 21 July 2026

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester .......... nu 16 down along Scotland by the Irk

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Now I wonder how many people who live in the high rise blocks of flats on Scotland have much knowledge of its past. Scotland, 2016 It...
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Will those responsible ……… return the drinking fountain to the Rec on Beech Road

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It is one of those silly stories which started with a couple of pictures of the Rec in the early morning. Early morning on the Rec, 2021 An...

Shopping on Well Hall Road in the summer of 1907

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Well Hall Parade in 1907 Now I am back with two more from Greenwich’s collection of old photographs. They are both of Well Hall Road...
Monday, 20 July 2026

Lost in the attic .............. a new collection of photographs of Chorlton........ nu 1 Whitelow Road

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This is Whitelow Road sometime in the early 20th century and with the picture comes one of those intriguing little stories. It is one...
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Sitting in a backstreet in Florence ......... thinking of WLS radio station, Chicago

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Florence, 2012 Now if you belong to that generation which was born just after the last world war, who grew up with the sound of Buddy H...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester .......... nu 3 Tasle Alley

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Now Tasle Alley is one of those places most people will pass without a second glance. It is the gap almost on the corner of John Dalt...
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“Longing to tell you ‘the Tale’ at Eltham” ……. October 12th, 1917

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Now sadly I doubt that the “The Tale” in the picture postcard refers to the short story written in 1916 by Joseph Conrad and published the ...