Monday, 3 November 2025

A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 12 ....... an engraved silver cup 1917

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Continuing the  story of Chorlton in just a paragraph. They are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at random. Prese...

A bit of co-operative history in Didsbury and a picture of how we shopped in 1935

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It is easy to miss the stone with its initials M&S high up on the building which includes Expo Lounge, and  Holland &Barrett. T...
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In search of an adventure out of Peckham ............. foot tunnels and a strange find

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Now the thing about adventures is that there should be no rules, no preplanning and just an optimistic expectation that it will all turn ou...
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Sunday, 2 November 2025

Just how exotic could Manchester be? ………. memories of 1971

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Now you have to be of a certain age to remember the Ceylon Tea Centre, or its equally enticing rival the Danish Food Centre. An exotic ...
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A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 11 ....... the Lych Gate and Jubilee 1887

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 A short series featuring objects which tell a story of Chorlton in just a paragraph and  a challenge for people to suggest some that a...

As other saw us …… Mr. Greenwood and his superior map of Eltham, Woolwich and much else

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Now this is one of my favourite maps of where we live. Eltham, 1829-34 It comes from Greenwood’s "Atlas of the Counties of Engla...
Saturday, 1 November 2025

Of horses, an RAF Band and a night at the Cheetham Assembly Rooms in November 1944

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Now I wonder just how packed the Cheetham Assembly Rooms were, when the “Full RAF Rhythm Band” played on the Saturday of November 25 1944. ...