Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Surprises ……. St Matthews Sunday School

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I have always liked the former St Matthews Sunday School that stands on Liverpool Road. It is a simple but pleasing building which I think w...
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Stories of the Great War from Eltham and Woolwich ............. nu 2 losing your job on the Well Hall estate

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Now I wonder how the individual stories of people living on the Progress Estate played out after the Great War *. The estate as most ...

Crossing the Mersey in 1955 to Jackson's Boat

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Like many of Derrick A. Lea’s pictures of Chorlton this one was made in the winter. We are at Jackson’s Boat, that pub across the ri...
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Tuesday, 10 February 2026

Barlow Moor Road, Mrs Helen Burt and the postcard makers of Chorlton

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It all began with this picture postcard and ended with a chance discovery. The picture is remarkable enough but not an uncommon one of...

A little bit of retail history ………. in the Arndale

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Now I have never lost my liking for this bit of early 21st century retail technology. It is in part the quirky shape, and the bold colours w...

One hundred years of one house on Well Hall Road, part 1, reflections

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Well Hall Road and our house 2014 The story of one house over a century and a bit.* 2015 was the birthday of the house we lived in ...
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Monday, 9 February 2026

When me and Leonardo da Vinci walked the same way

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Yep ….. it is a little-known fact that me and that Italian master of all things were vegetarians . * Roast peppers That said some clever tra...