Andrew Simpson

Now , it is always fascinating to take a spot you know well, and try and think it back to a time before now. Looking out towards Chorlt...

The date on this postcard of Claude Road is 1915 but the scene must be earlier. On the surface it seems an unremarkable image. I...

I have been drawn back to Span Court. It was a collection of six back to back houses in a partially enclosed court off Artillery Stre...

When I was asked recently to suggest one of my favourite ways of finding out about the past I chose a post card.  True, census informat...

There are some pictures which I return to again and again and never tire of looking at. This one appeared in a number of editions in th...

Now there is no doubting that 11 St John Street in the heart of the city was a pretty impressive address and it was the home of the very wea...

Today we are on a journey.  It is a short one in terms of distance just the space between two streets, but in almost every other sense i...

Of course it is a silly question, given that 1851 is now over 170 years ago. In the Holt's garden, 2022 But if I had  been standing just...

Now there is no doubting that 11 St John Street in the heart of the city was a pretty impressive address and it was the home of the very...

It is a familiar enough place, which before it was the bus terminus was destination of trams and known as Chorlton Office. And as such dates...

Now anyone who has walked down Beech Road towards the village green will know, it is a busy place, with cars parked on both sides which oft...

It was one of those warm sunny October days and I was by the bus station on Barlow Moor Road and not for the first time I began thinking...