Thursday, 29 October 2026

When history collides with the kitchen …… cooking from home no. 2

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The challenge is a simple one. Take a handful of ingredients from the kitchen and come up with a favourite meal, while at the same time expl...
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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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The shock of the new ………… Genesta Road

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Now I have always liked those smallish terraced houses which are a feature of south east London. But these four which break the mould, ...

Chorlton's workhouse ............ part 2

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The Chorlton Union, was resposnible for poor relief in what is now South Manchester.  From the 1850s their workhouse was in Withington, b...
Wednesday, 28 October 2026

Celebrating ….. that humble but wonderful historic dish

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  Potato hash comes in many varieties and will no doubt be claimed as their own by regions across Europe and beyond. Just when the first coo...

Falling into the Workhouse ...part 1 the Chorlton Union and Chorlton-cum-Hardy

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Reflecting on the New Poor Law and how it impacted on one small rural community 4 miles from Manchester The Workhouse, Hulme, 1844 Th...

Greenwich Park, and a moment a full 53 years ago .......... nu 2 from the river

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It will be a full 55 years ago but the memory of that walk through Greenwich Park on a Saturday in September 1971 has never left me. I ...