Andrew Simpson

I suppose it is pretty much the case that Chapel Street has always been a busy spot. I don’t have a date but there maybe a clue in the ...

Now Booth Street is just what you would expect of one of those twisty little streets off Chapel Street which make their way down to the riv...

Now sometimes it is best just to stay with the image and keep the words to the minimum. The Bulls Head, 1875 The caption just says, “...

Greengate in 1849 Now I don’t think there will be many pictures of Greengate in the winter of 1849. All of which leaves me with a map...

Now I am back with Barn Street which for a long time I couldn’t  find which is not surprising given that it was one of those tiny streets n...

Now yesterday we were on Greengate in the winter of 1949 and today we have moved forward almost a full half century. Of course by now t...

Now Francis Street which is off Great Ducie Street is hardly likely to lift the heart of the casual tourist or I suspect anyone. In the...

Now before anyone says anything I am quite well aware that Chapel Street is neither lost nor forgotten. Anyone who has tried to cross t...

Now I know that strictly speaking Gravel Lane is neither lost nor forgotten. It runs from Blackfriars Road up to Greengate, but that ...

I am always fascinated by those narrow little passageways which hold the promise of all sorts of dark stories. Passageway, 2016 Now...

Caxton Street is the one that runs from Chapel Street to the railway viaduct but once upon a time ran on as Union Street under the train tr...

Now you can still walk along St Simon Street but it no longer follows the route that it did when it led from Blackfriars Street to the Anac...

Now you would be forgiven for thinking this was nothing more than the entrance to a lock up, but not so. Maps from the late 19t...

The short trip through the gloom of the railway arches brings you out on a stretch of Bury Road flanked by modern retail and residential pr...

Greengate, numbers 34-42, circa 1895 You won’t find Mallet’s Court nor for that matter the beer shop of Mrs Lucy Parton which occupied ...

Of the threes streets that stretch from Chapel Street down to the river Clowes Street has fared the worst. Clowes Street, 2016 True...

It isn’t so much that Gore Street has been lost or even forgotten it is just that it has become another giant Salford car park. And w...

It was called Lamb Court and ran from Chapel Street past the chapel and joined Lamb Lane. Location; Salford Picture; Lamb Court, ...

Now I know Chapel Street is nether lost nor forgotten but over the next few days here are a few photographs that were taken on a June day t...

Now I am having difficulty locating Garfield Street which was off Trafford Road. I know it was there because sometime after September 2...