Andrew Simpson

I rediscovered Clayton Hall in 2018, when Timmy tram took the strain out of travelling east from Chorlton to the Ashton New Road. Clayton Ha...

Now I remain a fan of Clayton Hall, more so since I rediscovered it, and came to know the Friends of the Hall. The team have done much ...

As we move towards the centenary of the armistice which ended the Great War there will be many special ceremonies and exhibitions to mark t...

Now, it is easy just to record each of the Manchester Bees, and this I have been doing, helped by lots of people who have sent me “their be...

Fresh from T hursday’s walk through Clayton i n 1851,* today I rather fancy I will visit the Hall and learn more about life in Victorian...

Now the romantic in me, or perhaps just the downright curious would love to know what the people who lived in Clayton Hall in 1851 thought ...

Now I spent a bit of time thinking of some clever introduction to the Hall’s new exhibition which runs on three Saturdays in June and July....

Now I like the way Heather discovered Clayton Hall. "The Old Lady" ..... Clayton Hall, 2018 By her own admission she knew n...

Now my old friend Ron told me that this is his favourite picture of the collection he took on Saturday of the Hall. Clayton Hall, 2018 ...

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As adventures go it was a sedate one, but none the less an adventure even though it didn’t really conform to one. Clayton Hall, 2018 ...

Now we did the current exhibition on Bradford Colliery in April, but it was so good I am going again, for what is the last outing of the ...

Now I finally got to visit Clayton Hall yesterday, just 40 and more years after we lived off Grey Mare Lane, which is just round the corner...

Now if you missed the first of Clayton Hall remembers Bradford Pit, you can catch it again today or on May 5, when the doors of this sple...

Now this is one I want to go to. Today, and April 21 and May 5 We lived in the shadow of Bradford Colliery for a year and bit. Stri...

Now far be it from me to use that well known phrase ....."Back by popular demand", but it is, so this Saturday and again on Mar...

It's today with another open day on  March 3 and it is free. More info can be obtained by messaging  the Clayton Hall Fb page,...

Now if you ever plan to motor east, travel my way on the route that’s the best ...... all the way from Piccadilly to Clayton. The Hall ...

I last went to Clayton Hall sometime in the 1970s when were living in Ashton Under-Lyne and depending on the bus we took from Manchester wo...