Andrew Simpson

Well here we are skating on the meadows in 1914. It was judging by the pictures and folk memory a popular activity and one that I have ...

I am back on the meadows thinking of warm summer's walks. All of which is a far cry from those winters we used to have when freezin...

Now I have a problem with this picture . It was painted by the local artist J.Montgomery. I say local because almost his entire coll...

Now here is a story which has been a long time in the making. It concerns our own Chorlton Ice Rink which stood on the corner of Longfo...

Skating on the meadows in 1914 Now the skating story on the meadows just won’t go away. I was once rather dismissive of the popularly...

A picture a day  During this week of July I have decided to feature a picture a day, drawn from the collections that span a century and...

I was saving this picture for another winter, but perhaps as April moves into May and we begin to get a few more warmer days it will rem...