Andrew Simpson
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Beswick
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Tuesday, 6 January 2026
That corner shop in 1969 ……………
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Now, leaving aside any poor jokes about that virus and the soft drinks company, there is much in this picture that tells a story of how w...
Saturday, 1 March 2025
Stories of clearance ………… Beswick in 1967
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Now, anyone who has grown up in an area zoned for house clearance will instantly recognize this picture. I can’t be exactly sure where ...
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Tuesday, 30 November 2021
Clearing the lot .............. Manchester .... 1967
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We are in east Manchester, with two pictures that perfectly sum up the extent of the house clearance programmes of the middle decades of t...
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Thursday, 6 May 2021
In celebration of the Co-op …… Beswick Co-operative Society ….. and its store in Longsight
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N ow, the Beswick Co-operative Society knew how to build shops. This is their Longsight store, which was opened in 1912, with later alterati...
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