Thursday, 30 July 2026

And if you want a station ….. we’ve got one to spare ….. Manchester Victoria

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Now that’s a bit unfair because Manchester Victoria remains a busy and vital part of our rail network. But during the 1960s it did seem ec...

Lost in memories in Albert Square …..

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How easy it is to find and post images of Manchester before now. But how much better to post an image you took and share it along with the m...
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An invitation to the church do and the story of Peter Wakeman

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The invitation  Until a few days ago I had no idea that Peter Wakenham ever existed, but he did and he has left an interesting paper t...

Looking out on one of our farms from our house on Beech Road

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I have always been fascinated by the Bowling Green Farm which stood on what is now the junction of Beech Road and Beaumont Road. The Bo...
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Wednesday, 29 July 2026

With John Fry, builder, sawyer, land agent and appraiser in Eltham circa 1837

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Fry's Buildings numbered as 264-275 in 1844 John Fry is another of those people that has faded pretty much from history. He appea...

Higginbotham's farm and the parish church from the air

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This is one of those pictures taken by Tony Walker from one of his own model planes sometime in the 1980s.  To the right at the bott...

In Albert Square with the unusual ..........

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Now for anyone born before 1970 there will be nothing odd about a bus stop in Albert Square, or the parked up black cabs. Equally the p...
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