Andrew Simpson

Number One Malvern Grove is an unimposing house on the corner of Burton Road in West Didsbury. 1 Malvern Grove, house and garden 2022 And it...

The Mersey up by the meadows and down past Jackson’s Boat can seem a benign and fairly gentle stretch of water. And this picture take...

Now I say mystery, but I suspect there will be an avalanche of answers to the simple question, what is it? The mystery object, 2025 The blog...

Now I am looking forward to reading The Albert Club, A History, which has been written by Jim Machin. It is one of those books which combine...

I doubt we will ever know who the person was who wrote to Miss Eva Stewart, or for that matter why they had left Ireland, or  the identity ...

I grew up with those plates, cups and saucers which came with blue decorative designs. Found by Phil, 2023 Sometimes the blue extended to th...

I am the first to admit that speculating on the relationship between a Jeanne Vignot in France and the mystery resident of Clyde Road , is ...

Now, the Greenfinch pub rather dominates the corner of Palatine Road and Lapwing Lane. It was  once a school for ladies, whose Principl...

Following on from the recent blog on William Roberts, a brewer from Hulme, I had the honour of being asked to write the follow up blog base...

Now I am back with that ghost bank.  It is  one of those buildings that I have never given much thought to, but it caught Barbarella...

Now, ever since I discovered that the war memorial in the grounds of what was St Luke’s on Burton Road had come from another church which c...

Now when you set off on one of your “essential walks”, the chances are something will turn up and surprise you. The former church and w...

Now I am really enjoying the pictures Barbarella is sending of her essential walks, and today is no exception. Her Sunday walk began in...

This is Marie Louise Gardens, often described as “the gem” and a place I still have yet to visit. The tragic story of how it came to be...

Now it’s a simple lesson, but one I don’t always follow through, which is …… never stay on the main roads, always wander off and you will b...

Now I am back with the telegram. For 189 years they were the quickest way of sending a message and the arrival of the Telegram Boy m...

This will be the last tram story for a while and having reflected a few days ago on the end of Manchester Corporation Tramways, I thought...

Farewell Launderettes, everywhere.  We knew you well, spent many a wet Sunday morning watching other people's clothes twisting and ...

Now this picture has a long been a puzzle to me. The caption says Lapwing Lane, and I had always tried to match the scene with the stre...

Now I wonder what Mrs Jessie Owen, who sold tobacco on Burton Road would have made of pizza. To be fair she was selling her tobacco b...