Andrew Simpson

I grew up during the decline of the bandstand. Once they were the pride and joy of any respectable park, and a venue to listen to live ...

  Sometimes you have to accept that a story has run its course with no resolution. Not that I expected to find out the identity of a certain...

I am intrigued by this stone road sign and its story. Andy Robertson sent the pictures over, adding  “I spotted this on the corner of Derbys...

I remain a fan of those old Board Schools built in the late 19th and early 20 centuries. They were, and still are solid beautiful build...

Now Andy Robertson is a man of few words, but they cut to the point, so accompanying these two pictures he sent over was the simple comment...

Now you can be over precious about old buildings, but I am always guided by Andy Robertson who as we all know has been recording our chan...

Now I am fairly confident that as soon as Andy’s picture of the Bridge Inn goes live on the blog someone will offer up a detailed history o...

Now I don’t get out into Sale very often, which is why it was a long time before I discovered the Pyramid Cinema, and even longer before I ...

Nothing sums up the end of that house on Northenden Road than this pile of rubble, with its fallen decorated stone lintel and bits of bro...

So the site of the immediate demise of this big house on Northenden Road created a lot of interest Well that was Monday, and yesterday ...

Now here is a house for which I no stories other than that it will soon according to Andy Robertson have gone the way of so many big old ...

Eyebrow Cottage, 2014 Now I rarely get down to Sale and so I have totally missed Eye Brow Cottage at 120 Cross Street. It was built...

Now for those who remembered the Wagon and Horses in Sale, and for a lot more who passed it on their way to work, this is just an update....

Well there is pretty much a finality in Andy Robertson’s latest picture of the Wagon and Horses in Sale taken earlier today on a grey and...

This is not quite the end of the story of the Waggon & Horses in Sale but I rather think it must be close to the end. The pub shut ...

The Waggon & Horses 2014 It was just under a year ago that Andy Robertson wandered in to Sale and snapped the Waggon and Horse. * ...

Now as ever there is always a story it just does not always turn out the way you think. So here I am with a derelict pub on Cross Stree...