Tuesday, 2 June 2026

One camera ….. 1965 ….. and a collection of lost scenes

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It is 61 years ago that this collection of images was taken. "Clearance in Hulme" , 1965 They cover Manchester, Stretford and ou...

"the frown of fortune"...... the story of Sam Mendel and Manley Hall in Whalley Range

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Now I don’t usually do stately homes, but back in 1879 I might just have made the effort to visit Manley Hall which had once been the...
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One Acre Allotment and more stories of rural Eltham

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One Acre Allotments, 1908 Even in the most built up urban areas there are clues to our rural past. Here in Chorlton there is still th...
Monday, 1 June 2026

On small things history turns …. commemorating the Hardy Lane Co-op

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Last week I was reflecting and reporting on the story of one Co-op store with heaps of history.* Some of Co-op Party behind the Guild banner...

Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester .......... nu 12 Chancellery Lane

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Now I had wandered over to Spring Gardens to find Concert Lane and instead rediscovered this last bit of Chancellery Place most of which ...

Lost images of Whalley Range part 2 the petrol pumps

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I wonder when these petrol pumps on Upper Chorlton Road were taken away. They were recorded by A.H.Downes in the summer of 1960 and wer...

Stories of the Great War from Eltham and Woolwich ............. nu 1 the milestone on Shooters Hill

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An occasional series reflecting on the impact of the Great War. Now I have to say I never really knew the story of the war memorial o...