Andrew Simpson
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Manchester Housing
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Manchester Housing
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Monday, 25 May 2026
Walking the mean streets of Manchester in the 1880s ………
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Now, many of us will have been brought up with the stories of the appalling housing conditions in our cities, towns, and villages in the 19t...
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Sunday, 18 January 2026
Lost stories in a forgotten street ……. the one behind Deansgate
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Now it is easy to shudder and feel outrage at the accounts of housing conditions in the poor parts of Manchester in the first half of the 19...
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Tuesday, 18 March 2025
On discovering Ainsworth Court …… a bit of that very ….. very old Manchester
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Today I found Ainsworth Court which was off Long Millgate in the heart of the older part of Manchester. Ainsworth Court, 1851 I can’t claim ...
Saturday, 19 February 2022
Ghost streets …….. and the onward march of the cranes
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Now it seems everywhere you look there are those cranes which relentlessly march across the city, leaving in their wake a mix of tall reside...
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
One hundred years of one house in Chorlton …. part 122 ....... Totò Looks For A House
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The continuing story of the house Joe and Mary Ann Scott lived in for over 50 years and the families that have lived here since. * Now I d...
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