Andrew Simpson

Now this will be a short series featuring objects which tell a story of Chorlton in just a paragraph and is also a challenge for people to ...

Like many of Derrick A. Lea’s pictures of Chorlton this one was made in the winter. We are at Jackson’s Boat, that pub across the ri...

Now I can see that attraction of these two picture postcards which were marketed by the Rapid Art Photography Company sometime in the 1930s...

The old bridge and pub, 1881 Now I wonder how Mrs Cordingley felt after the magistrates threw out an alleged breach of the Licensing Ac...

The old bridge 1865 This is one of the oldest pictures in the collection and dates from 1865. We are on the bank of the river Mersey...

No more [maybe] will countless thirsty walkers walk your way.* Crossing the water, 1960 I have known you for over 40 years And across your w...

Now I am pleased the bridge over the river has survived, despite plans to demolish it. It dates from the 1880s, replaces an earlier woo...

Bill's postcard to May, 1907 It is as David Harrop said to me a jolly scene and one that delights me as much as it must have done ...

Hardy Lane circa 1912 On a warm summer’s evening a walk across the meadows to the Mersey and the pub beyond the river is one of those p...