Andrew Simpson

Even I have to admit that this bit of road and kerb stone is not the most exciting picture of Chorlton and yet it is all that is left ...

It is another one of the buildings that has fascinated me and is now revealing some of its secrets and in doing so has a lot to say ab...

Sometimes you fall across a picture by chance which fills in a gap in your knowledge and at the same time is a joy to look at in its ow...

It is hard today to imagine bringing up a family in just two rooms and yet many people here in the township during the 19th century and bef...

The story of how we lived here in the first half of the 19th century. There may still have been upwards of fifty wattle and daub houses ...

Today I decided to take a walk along one of the old field boundaries. But of course as you would expect I have chosen to take the jour...

I think this will be the last of the stories on Oswald Field. Over the last few days I have walked its field boundary, explored the f...

Oswald Road  I  recently walked the field boundary of Oswald Field and today I want to think about the cottages. There were five of...

This is one of those pictures in the collection I keep returning to but which continues to retain its secrets.   The caption states “o...

Now, I like the way that stories on the blog are often followed up by contributions by people. And today I am pleased that John Anthony H...

This is a familiar enough picture and has cropped up in various collections over the years . It may date from the 1890s and there will ...