Andrew Simpson

When you set out to write about Altrincham’s past it is well to do the research before you visit especially when it is part of our new serie...

Now I know that local elections do not fascinate everyone, but the 1928 election here in Chorlton had got the lot.  It was fought out ag...

Now the historian in me knows I should go off and look for the first reference to a flower seller in the square by the church. In ...

I have moved a little south from Well Hall and am wandering the High Street sometime in 1873. It is a scene we will return to in det...

I am on Camp Street looking across the Rochdale Canal. The quality of the images is not wonderful but then they were taken with a cheap came...

It may not be the most elegant of titles, but it does the business of introducing our new book in the series of the History of Greater Manch...

Now, I don’t think I will ever find Mary Clarke. Alpha Street, 2003 In 1853 she was living in the cellar of number 8 Alpha Place, which with...