Tuesday, 17 March 2026

Two hundred and thirty-nine Salford listed buildings …… and two pictures

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  There are two hundred and thirty-nine Salford listed buildings, and they range from two 16th century ones, a heap from the 19th century a...

Till & Kennedy's on Cavendish Street ........... or if you prefer Mr Righton's Drapery Emporium and the Student's Union

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Now this is one or those buildings which will mean many things to many people. Righton's Buildings in 2015 F or some it will be t...

Well Hall in the 1920s nu 1 ........... catching the train and watching out for the cows

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A short occasional series on Well Hall in the 1920s. Now I washed up in Eltham in the spring of 1964 and for two and half years made th...
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Snaps of Chorlton No 2 Beech Road, 1935 King George V’s Jubilee

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An occasional series featuring private and personal photographs of Chorlton. Beech Road, 1935 Today we are on Beech Road during ...
Monday, 16 March 2026

Longford Hall … The Parsonage and that Didsbury pub ….. three pictures from that remarkable artist Derrick Lea ….. and their stories

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I have become a great fan of the artist Derrick Lea who during the 1950s and into the 60s drew and painted many of our iconic buildings acr...

When torture came with a plastic rain mac …… memories of the 1950s

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My Pakamac was ideal for summer showers.    " Lewis’s say … Take a cape, circa 1950s But they were a cruel invention. Despite being lig...

A 1930s cinema and a church from Woolwich, more walks in Well Hall

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From Kidbrook Lane to the Well Hall roundabout Continuing a walk through Eltham in the footsteps of Darrell Sprurgeon.   This is part...
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