Monday, 2 November 2026

That unusual picture of the old parish church ….. with a heap more

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  This is one of my favourite pictures. It has appeared countless times before on the blog, and I never tire of writing about it. This is t...

When history collides with the kitchen …… three tomatoes, two chilli's and a bit of garlic ..... cooking from home no. 6

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 The challenge is a simple one. Three tomatoes, two chilli's, one garlic and some pasta, 2026 Take a handful of ingredients from the kit...

Looking at Eltham in 1930 with the drawings of Llwyd Roberts

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Way to the Palace Today I received a wonderful collection of drawings from my friend Margaret whose husband like me grew up in Eltham. ...
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The lost Didsbury pub …………

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It was the pub which progressed from being a hotel, went on to have a connection with a snooty fox and ended its days as the Mersey Lights....
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Sunday, 1 November 2026

One hundred years of one house in Chorlton …. part 163 …. the Beech Road Six

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The continuing story of the house Joe and Mary Ann Scott lived in for over 50 years and the families that have lived here since. * I have n...

Who took away our bus office? …….

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It stood on the corner of Barlow Moor Road and Malton Avenue and had been there from 1914. Our tram and bus office, circa 1920s-30s It start...
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Manchester's first railway station ........... no.1 waiting for something to happen

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Now when Ron shared four pictures of the old railway station and warehouse on Liverpool Road, I was transported back nearly four decades. ...
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