Showing posts with label Sandy Lane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sandy Lane. Show all posts
Monday, 11 November 2024

Rare and fascinating …….. the 85 year old relic

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This could possibly be the last Anderson shelter in Chorlton. Anderson Shelter, 2021 I know there was one on Upper Chorlton Road, but I am n...
Thursday, 28 December 2023

The Lunt Family of Chorlton-cum-Hardy another story from Tony Goulding

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This is “Lane End” as the junction of Sandy Lane and Barlow Moor Road was known in the 19th century.  Lane End, Chorlton-cum-Hardy - 29-09-1...
Friday, 15 October 2021

Those cottages on Sandy Lane .......... the power of recent memories

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Now what I like is the way a story sets things going. So recently I ran a piece on those cottages at the top of Sandy Lane. Much of t...
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Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Cornflakes Pigs and a Vulture called Squashy ………… tales of Chorlton by two local lads

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Now  I have spent the last decade and a bit writing about Chorlton-cum-Hardy which has been home for 45 years, and during that time I hav...
Monday, 14 November 2016

Chorlton’s corner shops, number 3............

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Once the corner shop was a familiar and important feature of most of our towns and cities acting as much as lifeline to the late shopper ...
Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Chorlton’s Corner shops ................. number 12 back on Sandy Lane and a lament for vanished shops

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We all remember those rows of little shops selling anything and everything you might want. All of which was to the good when there were...
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Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Chorlton’s Corner shops ................. number 11

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On Monday we were on the corner of Sandy Lane and Whalley Avenue sometime in the 1980s. And because I am lazy I have decided to stay on...
Monday, 22 September 2014

Chorlton’s Corner shops ................. number 9

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We are on the corner of Sandy Lane and Whalley Avenue sometime in the 1980s. The picture pretty much speaks for itself, but I will p...