Andrew Simpson

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

It’s the one you miss. Salford Central Station is on New Bailey Street and is set back between two railway viaducts. So travelling...

The first clippies were taken on in the May of 1915 by Salford Corporation. And in the way of things they also employed tram inspectors...

During the Great War women began to replace men in a wide range of industries. In the May of 1915 Salford Corporation took on 15 women ...

I like the way that stories have a habit of reappearing and so it is with Miss Rebecca Chapman of Hodson Street who in 1918 began work wit...

Now as I dig deeper into the story of the Manchester children’s charity I have become fascinated by the people who toiled tirelessly to i...

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...

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 ...

Now my grandparents never talked about the Great War. It was something they lived through and seemed happy not to dwell on. Nor did t...

Now here is one of those picture postcards guaranteed to upset someone. It was produced by Tuck & Sons and marketed around 1905,...

An occasional series on the stories behind the new book on Manchester and the Great War* As the war turned into 1915 the growing deman...

I first came across Robert Roberts and the Classic Slum in 1973. Waterloo Street, 1893 I can’t remember if it was recommended to me...

Albert Derry was 25 years old when he was captured during the last big German offensive on the Western Front in March 1918. News from G...

Now I don’t suppose Delia or her sister Gertie gave a seconds thought to the glaring mistake made by the picture postcard company which mar...

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

Now whatever you might have thought of Gavel Lane I doubt that it deserved to become just one big car park. But that is pretty much all...

Now here is a mystery worthy of investigation. We are at All Saints Church in Weaste on July 13 1912 and it would be fun to know exactl...

Now this is another of those pictures of Greengate just down from Gorton Street and we are back at the Flying Dutchman and the entrance to ...

Barn Street is so totally lost and forgotten that I have yet to find it on any street directory. Nu 38-42 Greengate circa 1895 Now I ...