Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Opps …. never get lazy with your history ….. and other revelations

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It’s that golden rule of all research which put simply is …. check your facts. And now the BBC has it’s own "BBC Verify" which s...

Looking inside a grand Victorian house …. Rye Bank and the story of Mr. Bryce Smith ... part 1

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In the course of the last few days I have got to know a lot about Mr. Bryce Smith, who lived at Rye Bank in Chorlton, described himself as ...
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Advertising things in 1959 ...… never miss an opportunity

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  We are on Upper Brook Street with a group of houses about to be demolished. But never underestimate the determination of an advertising c...

Down at the Castle in the High Street with a bit of historical magic

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Now one of the best things about history is when you get to touch it. And for me it doesn’t that matter much whether it’s a Roman coin or a...
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Tuesday, 15 September 2026

Of horses, an RAF Band and a night at the Cheetham Assembly Rooms in November 1944

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Now I wonder just how packed the Cheetham Assembly Rooms were, when the “Full RAF Rhythm Band” played on the Saturday of November 25 1944. ...

The Library ..... the pub ..... and the oilman .... with a thank you to Village Eltham

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Now I know there will be plenty of pictures of the library knocking around and I dare say some better quality versions of this one which dat...
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A new park for Chorlton?

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It’s not much of a story really but it does point to the changes that had been taking place in Chorlton over the last two decades of th...
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