Andrew Simpson

I have become a great fan of the artist Derrick Lea who during the 1950s and into the 60s drew and painted many of our iconic buildings acr...

Now I know this will upset the residents of Stretford and no doubt bits of Chorlton too but it happened and here is the story. Strollin...

  I know l shouldn't be surprised that Longford Hall was given over to use by the Red Cross as an Auxiliary Hospital during the Great Wa...

Now I have never been a fan of roundabouts. So despite them making me feel ill, so many people like them that a new series has been bor...

In Old Stretford, Bosdin Leech recalls that on Edge Lane, there were very few houses east of Stretford railway station around 1860.  Ad...