Andrew Simpson

When you set out to write about Altrincham’s past it is well to do the research before you visit especially when it is part of our new serie...

It may not be the most elegant of titles, but it does the business of introducing our new book in the series of the History of Greater Manch...

Today I have started on the next book in the series, The History of Greater Manchester By Tram * So far, we have published four books which...

  Now here is a good piece of news which comes from a press release today from SAVE Britain's Heritage. * It is, that the former Linotyp...

Perhaps, it’s because most of us live in urban settings that makes rivers, streams, and brooks so fascinating. Great stretches of some of ou...

Now when Andy sent over a second collection of pictures of the warehouses, factories and other “things” he encountered along the Bridgewater...

This is another of those industrial buildings Andy stumbled across on his walk along the Bridgewater Canal. And like the others, I thought i...

Now, I tried understanding the details of linotype and it has defeated me.  But I know it “became one of the mainstay methods to set type, e...

Now I have long been fascinated by the canal warehouse. It was in its time a revolutionary design which allowed goods to be shipped through ...

Now yesterday I posted a picture of the Station Approach and New Stamford Street in Altrincham at the turn of the last century and bewaile...

Now, I can’t find any of the pictures I have taken over the years of Altrincham, and in particular Stamford New Road with its clock tower...

Now I like the way that stories have a habit of bouncing back, which is what happened to the one about an   Altrincham ghost sign .* At...

Now given that I have the maps and directories for Altrincham in time I should be able to make a good stab at finding out about this buildi...

Now I rather think there is no end to which Andy Robertson will go to record the history of our buildings. Armed with his camera in one...