Showing posts with label Chorlton and the Second World War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chorlton and the Second World War. Show all posts
Thursday, 3 December 2020

One hundred years of one house in Chorlton …. part 116 ......... a different Christmas

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The continuing story of the house Joe and Mary Ann Scott lived in for over 50 years and the families that have lived here since. * It will ...
Thursday, 21 May 2020

Internment of “Enemy Aliens” 1939-45 ....the Chorlton-cum-Hardy contingent .... another story from Tony Goulding

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Recently I have been researching the records of the dozen or so residents of Chorlton-cum-Hardy who as citizens of the Axis powers were dee...
Thursday, 16 August 2018

Bricks, gas pipes and much more ...... memories of the Chorlton Blitz .... Christmas 1940

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Now a little bit of the Chorlton Blitz is on display outside the Post Office. Bricks, pipes and much more, 2018 I say the Chorlton...
Wednesday, 8 March 2017

Another story from Tony Goulding ........ World War 2 Sites of Chorlton-cum-Hardy Part 1 The Beech Road Area

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A) Lead Station  The Lead Station  The “Lead Station” in its latest incarnation as a Bar/Restaurant. Originally built as a Police ...
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Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Another story from Tony Goulding ..... the bombing of Chorlton-cum-Hardy Christmas Blitz 1940 together with raids from March and May 1941

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What follows may serve as a salutary and timely reminder of the human cost of what are now known rather euphemistically as "strategic ...
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Thursday, 16 July 2015

The Manchester Blitz and a new exhibition at Southern Cemetery

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Now the thing about anniversaries is that sometimes there is a danger that in all the hype the real stories are lost. Manchester bomb...