Andrew Simpson

Now you can have fun with recording urban shapes. And here is Tony Goulding’s image taken yesterday on Hope Road in Sale. Location; Sale Pic...

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 ...

Now I know there is much more to discover about Samuel Edgar Walker who is recorded on the family’s gravestone in Brooklands Cemetery. ...

This is 72 Marsland Road and the shop which today has revealed it’s past. Andy Robertson tells me that “the last incarnation of the shop was...

I have long since stopped being surprised at just where a story can take you. This one began with a request from Chris in Yorkshire who was ...

  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...

Now I am back in Walkden Gardens which is a place I have never visited and yet has begun to offer up some fascinating stories .* All of whic...

Now I know there is a story here, but I am not quite sure what it is. On a recent walk Andy came across these two pictures in Walkden Garden...

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...

Now it started with a picture of the Vine on Washway Road, and ended with the Ainscow Hotel on Trinity Way in Salford. The Vine, 2015...

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...

During the Great War the Red Cross established hospitals across the country to care for the wounded returning from the battlefield. The...

Now when you start on a search for the story of one person’s life you are never quite sure where it will take you. I knew from the insc...

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...

How do you tell the story of a house? Vernon Lodge, circa 1880s You could start with the simple facts of when it was built, the addit...

Now I wonder why Peter and Mariana Royle would leave Vernon Lodge in semi rural Sale and return to live in Manchester. Vernon Lodge, 20...

I have no idea whether Peter and Mariana had a happy marriage but I like the idea that when their new home was finished in 1851, they added...