Andrew Simpson

Today over eighty people gathered on an indifferent morning to commemorate and indeed celebrate one of our local Co-ops. Gathering for the e...

Now for anyone who delves into the past there is one over arching observation and that is the simple one that the work is never done. And th...

I wonder just how many people remember this scene? We are on the Meadows, and according to the caption this was “June 16, 1965, Clearin...

1948 For years this banner took pride of place on a wall in the Committee Rooms above the Hardy Lane Co-op store on Barlow Moor Road . ...

 I have been thinking of my friend Lawrence who died recently, and as you do I have been reflecting on over 40 years of friendship. Lawrence...

Now I like the way that what looks a familiar picture of a place quickly offers up a host of period detail. So here we are, almost at t...

Just occasionally I like to revisit a past story, more especially when there is a new photograph in the collection. And so here is ano...

Now for those who have fond memories of Hardy Lane from a time before today, here is the last of the short series on the road that for some...

We are on Hardy Lane again.  The caption just says “view from Hardy Lane, near Hardy Lane Farm looking across to Jackson’s Boat in the ...

Now I fully accept that many people will not find anything very remarkable about this scene. The picture was taken in the November of 1...

Now I first came across Hardy Lane on a warm sunny day sometime in the summer of 1976. I hadn’t long been in Chorlton, had the day off ...

We are on Hardy Lane sometime I think in the 1960s. The caption just records, “Hardy lane in the snow.” Picture; courtesy of Mr Cro...

Here by popular demand is a return of that series, Pictures from a backroom, on a moment of self-isolation. Moved by the absence of spo...

Now for no other reason than I can, here are trams 3067 and 3068 on route to and from the Airport. It was a Friday afternoon and I was ...

Now somewhere someone will have an almost identical view down Hardy Lane towards Mauldeth Road West. Ideally it should be sometime in t...

Now I know that actually there will be plenty of places across the city and beyond that can claim to have a tram at the bottom of the r...

Chorlton Cricket Club has a long history but even I was not prepared for just how long. I first came across the club when I was res...