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Sunday, 18 March 2018

Discovering the bits of Chorlton you didn't know ..... that quirky history walk next Sunday


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Other books; The Story of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester Remembering 1914-18, Chorlton-cum-Hardy Churches, Chapels, Temples A Synagogue and a Mosque, Manchester Pubs, Hough End Hall The Story, nothing to do in chorlton, Didsbury Through Time, The Pubs and Bars of Chorlton, The Quirks of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Didsbury Pubs and Bars, The Horse and Jockey, The History of Greater Manchester By Tram

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