Thursday, 1 October 2026

One canal …… 18 pictures ……. 47 or so years ago …… walking the Rochdale in 1979

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A short series bringing together for the first time pictures I took walking the Rochdale Canal from Princess Street to the Castlefield Bas...

The lost Eltham & Woolwich pictures ...... no.3 the Pie Shop

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A short series on the pictures of Eltham and Woolwich in 1979. For four decades the pictures I took of Eltham and Woolwich in the ...
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Chorlton in 1798

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I am back with a little bit of Chorlton from 1798 looking again at some online records from A ncestry. This one is the Land Tax Redempt...
Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Lost Woolwich .......... no 3 relaxing in the allotments 1905

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Now of all the places I knew in my youth I have to say Woolwich is one of those that has  undergone some of the most radical change. So...
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One canal …… 18 pictures ……. 47 or so years ago …… walking the Rochdale in 1979

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A short series bringing together for the first time pictures I took walking the Rochdale Canal from Princess Street to the Castlefield Bas...

Chorlton's own radical ... Thomas Walker

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This is the story of Thomas Walker one time pillar of Manchester society but also a radical politician who campaigned for the abolition of ...
Tuesday, 29 September 2026

The day I lost a Chorlton Chartist

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Well to be more accurate, it was more the day I invented one who never was.  It all looked so good.  In the June of 1847 Alexander Som...