Saturday, 14 March 2026

Derrick Lea …… the Manchester artist comes out of the shadows

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  For nearly two decades I have tried to discover the life story of Mr. Derrick Lea who painted and drew some fine pictures of Manchester, i...

Gasholders I have known and loved ........... no 3 inside the Rochdale Gas works

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Now I am well aware this is a cheat ............. less a gasholder and more the inside of the Rochale Road Gas works. But I have included...

When we still had a furniture shop and a free car park .... down by the Lloyds in 1990

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Now I am on a roll again with pictures from our most recent past. And so here is another of Andy Robertson’s taken I think in the early...
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"Back in your arms again"............ reunions in Belleville in the autumn of 1945

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I am back in Belleville in the autumn of 1945 with the home coming of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment. The photographs came in...

When a pint of Eltham Ale cost 2½d and came from our own brewery ......... Eltham in 1874

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I often wonder just what a pint of Eltham Ale would have tasted like. It was brewed buy our own Eltham Brewery and would have cost 2½d ...
Friday, 13 March 2026

The Toast Rack ….. places I remember with affection

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I remember vividly the first time I saw the Hollings Building in Fallowfield.* Early morning Toast Rack, 2026 I was on one of the 40s from ...
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Looking for "June" The Ladies hairdresser and Busy Bee Stores, sometime in 1930

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Looking "June" the Hairdressers on Wilbraham Road I never underestimate the power of a collection of old local adverts to off...
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