Now I have lived in Chorlton long enough to have read some excellent local newspapers all of which I have written about.*
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They were the work of Thomas Ellwood who not called on the earlier history of Chorlton and Didsbury written in 1852, but contained comments by old men and women who would have been born at the start of the 19th century.**
Their memories which would have drawn on stories told to them by their parents and grandparents take us back to the Chorlton in the decades after the old King George lost the American colonies.
And my own favourite the alternative Chorlton Green which ran from January 1984 till sometime in May 1986, which announced in its first editorial, “Let 1984 come alive with Chorlton Green....Chorlton Green is a community newspaper and offers Chorlton the voice it’s never had before – in personal opinion, in creative work and as an information exchange”.
And now there is the excellent Chorlton Post.***
It perfectly fulfils the role of a local newspaper, mixing stories touching on the "bigger picture" along with those directly related to us, throwing in a bit of nature, some history and plenty on community events.
*Chorlton Newspapers, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/Chorlton%20newspapers
**A History of the Ancient Chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton, the Rev. John Booker, 1852
***Chorlton Post, www.chorltonpost.co.uk
