Wednesday, 27 May 2026

523 Barlow Moor Road back in 1961

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The Stables, 1961 The recent past is a time I take for granted.  I guess for some of us this is because it really doesn’t seem histor...

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester nu 41 ........ down Bridge Street and off to the left

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Turning off Bridge Street ........ Now here is one of those little twisty streets I had never explored. If I am honest I didn’t even ...

Greenwich Park, and a moment a full 45 years ago .......... nu 3 the Town Hall

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It will be a full 55 years ago but the memory of that walk through Greenwich Park on a Saturday in September 1971 has never left me. I ...
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Tuesday, 26 May 2026

Growing up in Chorlton in the 1940s at 523 Barlow Moor Road

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Now 523 Barlow Moor Road still stands today although with additions at the rear it has become a property of multi occupancy. But for mo...

Lost and forgotten streets of Salford ....... nu 37 Francis Street and that children's charity

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Now Francis Street which is off Great Ducie Street is hardly likely to lift the heart of the casual tourist or I suspect anyone. In the...

The River .......... no. 16 ..... from The Goldsmith Collection

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Now anyone who has walked this bit of the River at Greenwich will remember the noise of the water lapping the stones and the smell. It ...
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Monday, 25 May 2026

If you go down to the graveyard today …. You’re sure of a big surprise* …..

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  Well, “a big surprise” may be overstating the experience but yesterday I came across these stone setts. Those mysterious stones, 2026 It’s...