Andrew Simpson

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Friday, 6 March 2026

Losing Fleming Hall in Chorlton

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How easy it is to lose a building.   1961 In this case it was Fleming Hall which in the 1950s and 1960s was used by various organizat...
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The class of '68 part 5 teachers and possibilities

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Poundswick High School Lower School, 1982 Now most of us can look back on teachers who were very special.  They come in all sorts...

When steam ran the roads ........

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Now I venture into the world of steam powered vehicles with some trepidation, fearing that those who embrace the subject will have a vast r...
Thursday, 5 March 2026

Three handcarts ...... and a mystery location

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Once, a long time ago the hand cart was the all-purpose form of transporting goods for people of meagre earnings. They remain for many...
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So, who did pay for the Chorlton Conservative Club back in 1891? ……… And why it matters

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Now there will be some who dismiss the question either because they hold no time for the Conservative Party and others who can’t see the rel...
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"Think therefore on revenge and cease to weep."* ...... Margaret Beaufort ... today on the wireless

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Perhaps a controversial  way to sum up Margaret Beaufort the mother of Henry Tudor but then Shakespeare always has the best words. Lady Marg...

The class of '68 part 4 widening horizons and lots of fun

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Few of us get the chance to leave a past life with all its associations and disappointments behind and start out a fresh. This is prett...
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