Andrew Simpson
Stories, people and events
Friday, 29 June 2012
The biggest yet a new exhibition on the story of Chorlton-cum-Hardy
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I suppose it was only a matter of time before Peter and I were offered a building site wall to tell the story of Chorlton. Now as you k...
Thursday, 28 June 2012
One for the diary,... Chorlton History Group in July
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One for the diary, full story Tuesday July 3rd
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Richard Buxton "a little life lived out in a great century" part five
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I am back with my old friend Richard Buxton, the working class self taught botanist who compiled one of the most important books on the bot...
Those from Chorlton who fought in the Great War
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I have been thinking about the Great War and in particular the role of my own family in that conflict. We sent six off to fight for Ki...
Sunday, 24 June 2012
Coming soon, through June, July and August
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More trams, a few trains, stories of the floods across Chorlton, along with the Methodists, the Rough Leech Gutter, the artist Tom Most...
Friday, 22 June 2012
Letters from the Front ..... my family in the Great War
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We have little in the way of documents from the men of my family who fought in the Great War. Now given the class they came from and the ...
Thursday, 21 June 2012
They spoke for the children sent to Canada
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Yesterday I reflected on the great debate about the correctness of sending our children to Canada. There are those that maintain that ...
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