Andrew Simpson

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Showing posts with label Lost Manchester shops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lost Manchester shops. Show all posts
Friday, 11 September 2026

It’s how we did it in 1970

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To be fair shops like these were doing the business for decades before this picture was taken in 1970. But within a decade and bit, independ...
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Sunday, 6 September 2026

I have seen the future and it works* …….. shopping in 1961

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I like this picture because it offers up a range of shop fronts, from the traditional to the brand new. And there is no doubting that when ...
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Saturday, 1 February 2025

How we shopped in 1961 …. from corner shop to supermarket

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If you were born in the first half of the last century you will have experienced one of those transformations in how we shopped. What was th...
Wednesday, 4 December 2019

That house on Tib Street ………………… with a long history and uncertain future

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I can’t say I ever really noticed no. 88 Tib Street, but I wish I had. February 2018 It stands almost on the corner with Whittle Stre...
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Saturday, 4 February 2017

Back on High Street ....... with memories of Bachers, a tram, a hand painted sign and Tea 42

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Now I like the way a story goes off on one. So on Monday I wrote about the English Lounge on High Street which was once the Hogshe...
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