Friday, 3 July 2026

A lost photograph and a clue to a vanished building

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Sometimes you fall across a picture by chance which fills in a gap in your knowledge and at the same time is a joy to look at in its ow...
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The wrath of the Jelly Men …….. comic terrors no.1 …… 1960

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In truth I wasn’t frightened of the Jelly Men ….. more just fascinated. They appeared one day in the Beezer sometime in 1960 as an invading ...
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Home thoughts from abroad nu 3 ................. lost in the woods in the summer of 1964

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An occasional series on what I miss about the place where I grew up.* Now I say lost but that would not be strictly true but thinking ...

How we lived ……………. catching a bus ...... just a quarter of a century ago

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Once again, I am looking at a bit of history which for many of us won’t seem like history ………. just a little before now. And I make ...
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Thursday, 2 July 2026

A family of seven in a two roomed cottage on the Row, ........ one up one downs part 1

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It is hard today to imagine bringing up a family in just two rooms and yet many people here in the township during the 19th century and bef...
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A bus for every occasion .......

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The Museum of Transport on Queens Road really does have a bus for every occasion as well as offering examples from all over Greater Manchest...
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Passing Burton's on Well Hall Road to the sound of Betty Everitt and Judy Street

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Now I have fond memories of the old Burton’s at the top of Well Hall Road. It was here that I bought my first suit, more than a few shi...