Wednesday, 10 June 2026

What Miss Sarah Kate Sloane did in the Great War ..... part 1

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Now, I am only at the beginning of the story of Ms Sloane, who was born in 1871 and died in 1965, but already it promises to be a fascinatin...

Lost images of Whalley Range part 7............ the lake in the park

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Now there will be the pedant who points out that the lake in Alexandra Park is still there and perhaps someone else who challenges linkin...

Two plaques …… one lost building ..... and a forgotten road

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So, when you are out with the camera on a sunny and dry  morning you make the most of it. A blue plaque, 2023 And having done the “artistic ...
Tuesday, 9 June 2026

The lost pub on Port Street ...... Mrs Ann Gleave and bit of a mystery

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I am looking at a picture Andy Robertson took back in 2018 of no. 75 Port Street. The White Lion as was, 2018 Andy told me that   ...
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When they took my railway station ...........

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Now, as a rule I don’t object to change and even I could see the logic of building a new railway station yards from the old one and calling...

On discovering Knighton …… that suburb of Leicester which was once its own place

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An occasional series on the village and township of Knighton, as it was and as it is today. Knighton in 1834 In 1846 Knighton was des...
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Your invite to a new way of telling the stories of Greater Manchester …. today

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 So, today at Wilbraham St Ninian’s Church you have the opportunity to roam over the history of Greater Manchester in a new and unique way. ...