Andrew Simpson

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Showing posts with label Temperance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Temperance. Show all posts
Sunday, 4 February 2024

Sedge Lynn …….. the missing picture

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Now I am looking at a photograph of Sedge Lynn on Manchester Road. Two Sedge Lynn's .... for the price of one picture, circa 1907-1920 I...
Thursday, 12 August 2021

"Away, away with rum by gum,"* signing the pledge to forgo the demon drink

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The temperance movement and in particular The Band of Hope haven’t always got good press.   More often than not the campaign against “...
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Thursday, 10 December 2020

When you collect stuff ……….. always go for the big items ..... Temperance Halls

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  Now many and varied are the things I collect. And a long time ago, I put aside cigarette cards, old Eagle comics and period picture postca...
Thursday, 23 July 2020

Lost in Gorton …………. part 3, the Temperance Billiard Hall on Hyde Lane

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Now there would have been a time , when you could have made your way across the twin cities playing in a different Temperance Billiard Hall...
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Monday, 23 September 2019

Chorlton’s own snooker club ………..

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This is how I remember the old Temperance Billiard Hall which opened in 1907 and was part of an influential movement.* 1990s The hall...
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