Andrew Simpson
Stories, people and events
Sunday, 11 March 2012
Stories of the Rivoli and Essoldo
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Now there are plenty of stories yet to be told about the Rivioli or Essoldo on Barlow Moor Road. None of them are page turners but they w...
A view of a new Chorlton
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Now local artist Peter Topping and I have been collaborating successfully for some time. He as you know paints pictures of Chorlton and I ...
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
One hundred years of one house in Chorlton ....... part 13 the coalman comes
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The continuing stories of the house that Joe and Mary Ann Scott lived in for over 50 years and the families that have lived here since. ...
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
When this was a fish pond
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This was the site of Blomley’s fish pond, which stretched from the corner of Acres Road up to what is now Chequers and was big enough to ha...
Friday, 2 March 2012
A victory celebration 67 years ago and a view now lost forever
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Sometimes a picture reveals different stories which stretch back and encompass different people and different events. This particula...
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Reflections on the workhouse
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For any one born before my generation the workhouse held a particular dread and its one that features in many stories of British Home Childr...
Friends of Chorlton Meadows
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It is a long time since I last referred to my old friend David Bishop’s excellent blog about Chorlton Meadows. http://friendsofchorlto...
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