Andrew Simpson

This is another of those pictures of the old Royal Oak in Chorlton I have never seen before, and it features Thomas Kelsey whose family ran...

I rather think there must have been something in the air in the early months of 1907. In the February there were two applications in f...

This is a picture of the old Royal Oak I have never seen before. The caption gives a date of 1902 and refers to “the boy Thomas Kelsey,...

I knew I would enjoy the launch of "Poems by Lindy and Pictures by Peter" at the Royal Oak today.  They told me they had “ invited...

No matter how much you uncover about the story of Chorlton, there is always something new. 1927 So, a while ago Kelsey Broome sent me...

Classic Pub Food …….. and some very nice flowers Location; Chorlton Picture; The Royal Oak, 2020, from the collection...

Now the Royal Oak was an impressive place when it first opened sometime in the 1930s. And after a quarter of million pound refurbishmen...

Now this is an appeal for pictures of the Royal Oak in Chorlton. The Royal Oak, 2011 There will be a fair few of the pub today but I ...

Now I just couldn’t resist running Andy Robertson’s picture of the Royal Oak taken today in the December sunshine. The pub has a long h...

Now the collaboration between local artist Peter Topping and me is well under way. He paints pictures of Chorlton and I tell the story b...