Andrew Simpson

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Showing posts with label Manchester ...... heart of the Industrial North. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manchester ...... heart of the Industrial North. Show all posts
Sunday, 4 May 2025

Sunday in a Manchester Park

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Now I have always liked this painting, and it perfectly conjures up a Sunday on a warm summer’s day in a Manchester park. Writing in 19...
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Sunday, 13 April 2025

Taking the Parkway …….. out of the city

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Now, you will have to be of a certain age to remember that taking the bus out of the city to Wythenshawe meant travelling on the Parkway. ...
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Friday, 11 April 2025

In praise of a great city ........ Manchester in 1937

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Now, you can just look at these wonderful paintings of a lost Manchester, admiring the colour and verve of what you see, followed by charti...
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Wednesday, 9 April 2025

An almost familiar scene of Mount Street in the heart of the city ........ just 86 years ago

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Now here is a picture of the city which is at once both familiar but not familiar. Mount Street, 1937 We are on Mount Street with Cen...
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