Andrew Simpson

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Showing posts with label Ancoats in the 19th century. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Ancoats in the 19th century. Show all posts

Saturday, 13 June 2026

Walking along Gun Street in the spring of 1851

Gun Street in 1844 Now this is another one of the walks I would like to have taken in the spring of 1851. It would have started just ...

Sunday, 5 October 2025

Richard Buxton .......... part three

The continuing story of Richard Buxton, working class botanist who record the plants of Chorlton When the Buxton family arrived in the Anc...

Saturday, 4 October 2025

Of Naples in 1961 and Little Italy in Ancoats in 1901

Rosa in Naples 1961 This is one of my favourite pictures of Rosa. It was taken in Naples when she was just 21 during the summer of...

Friday, 19 September 2025

Doing the Ancoats Trail …….. 39 years on … part two

Now, something like 39 years ago I did the Ancoats Trail, which had been designed by Jaqueline Roberts as a guide to what were left of ou...

Thursday, 18 September 2025

Doing the Ancoats Trail …….. 39 years on ...... part one

Now, something like 39 years ago I did the Ancoats Trail, which had been designed by Jaqueline Roberts as a guide to what were left of our ...

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