Andrew Simpson

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Showing posts with label Cross Road. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cross Road. Show all posts
Friday, 18 July 2025

Looking out from Cross Lane ....... across the fields of Chorlton-cum-Hardy with Mr Samuel Walton

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In the spring of 1877, Mr Samuel Walton would have had a fine view from his house on Cross Road out on to the fields which stretched down B...
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Tuesday, 13 February 2024

“great enterprises a foot and new roads are being monthly added to the local directory.”*

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It’s a familiar refrain and could well describe the present building boom across Chorlton, but comes from the Manchester Evening News publis...
Friday, 31 March 2023

Cross Road waits with mounting expectation

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The paraphernalia of road works arrived this morning and all the street waits to see what will happen. Brought to you by that series “A Week...
Wednesday, 26 October 2022

Looking for gold …….

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So not the most original title, and one that may not be entirely accurate. But if like me you are drawn to autumn, then the golden brownie c...
Thursday, 15 April 2021

A sunny day on Cross Road

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It was one of those cold bright days with plenty of sun. Location; Chorlton Pictures; Cross Road, 2020, from the collection of Andr...
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