Showing posts with label A Quirky book about Chorlton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A Quirky book about Chorlton. Show all posts
Sunday, 15 December 2024

Suggestions for a Christmas present and an outrageous piece of self promotion ........ no. 3 The Quirks of Chorlton-cum-Hardy

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Now very soon lots of you will be pondering on Christmas presents and so with that in mind here is the sixth and last suggestion. This ...
Monday, 2 December 2024

The mystery behind the Maypole on Wilbraham Road

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Now I grant you as mysteries go it ain’t Agatha Christie or even a Sexton Blake but I am intrigued by the wrought iron arch behind the Mayp...
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Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Saying goodbye to a Chorlton friend ….

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 It was seven years ago that we published the Quirks of Chorlton-cum-Hardy which featured stories of the people, places, and events which ha...
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Monday, 30 July 2018

Walking in the sun and sharing Chorlton’s history

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Now given that the sun has been cracking the paving stones for weeks, I rather assumed that the Quirks Walk 3 would be a stroll under a clo...
Sunday, 29 July 2018

Today ........ walk our Quirky past

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We are back with that every popular stroll through our quirky past. And there is the companion book, The Quirks of Chorlton-cum-Hard...
Sunday, 22 July 2018

Walking the Quirks of Chorlton-cum-Hardy

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We are back with that every popular stroll through our quirky past. And there is the companion book, The Quirks of Chorlton-cum-Har...
Friday, 29 June 2018

No chips .... no fish .... no mushy peas .... no pies ...... on Beech Road ..... in the summer of 2018

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I wonder how many of the Friends of Beech Road who visit each weekend will have clocked that our chippy has closed. Now the passing of ...
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Saturday, 12 May 2018

The Collector's Treasures

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Now I have it on very good authority that the Antiques Road Show will be in Salford in the summer, which begs the question ...... which c...
Saturday, 5 May 2018

For the Friends of Wilbraham Road ........ a saunter down the history of this great highway

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Now if you take the highway that leads from Edge Lane to Fallowfield looking for history, it pretty much has the lot, from dark and siniste...
Sunday, 29 April 2018

Today ...... at the Narnia lamp post on the green ...... and then on to 400 years of our Chorlton history

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The sun is shinning, so  saunter with us for ...... Location Chorlton 
Saturday, 28 April 2018

Saunter through our past ...... tomorrow

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One to do tomorrow Location Chorlton 
Friday, 27 April 2018

A pond, a lost clay pipe and the mystery that is Mr Daniel Sharpe ....... Walking the Quirks of Chorlton-cum-Hardy* ....... our second saunter through the past

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Now you may well ponder on the missing pond and clay pipe which were once on Beech Road, as was this house which was home to Mr Daniel Shar...
Tuesday, 24 April 2018

The Creameries ....... back with a bit of Chorlton's continuity

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Now by the time most of you will be reading this story, the bakery at the Creameries on Wilbraham Road will be open for all those who like ...

So what was Chorlton like in 1848?

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And the answer to the question will be revealed this Sunday ..... saunter through our past with me and Peter Topping . Location Chorl...
Friday, 20 April 2018

Welcome back to the Creameries ......

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So after a long and empty stretch when the Creameries on Wilbraham Road was just a sign above the door, it is back and open for business. ...
Tuesday, 17 April 2018

What would you have been doing in Chorlton in 1847? ........ Walking the Quirks of Chorlton-cum-Hardy ....... our second saunter through the past

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The first of the new history walks was so successful that I am looking forward to the next, which starts on the village green and will proc...
Sunday, 18 March 2018

Discovering the bits of Chorlton you didn't know ..... that quirky history walk next Sunday

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Sunday, 11 March 2018

Walking the Quirks of Chorlton-cum-Hardy ....... the first saunter through our past

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Now when we wrote the new book The Quirks of Chorlton-cum-Hardy we always planned that it could be walked.* And so with that in mind o...
Saturday, 3 March 2018

Walking the Quirks of Chorlton-cum-Hardy ....... the first saunter through our past

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Wednesday, 28 February 2018

On our village green with the Narnia Lamp post .....

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Now, it was our Joshua who first called the lamp post on the village green, the Narnia Lamp post and that is what it has always remained. ...