Tuesday, 15 July 2014

That well known book on Chorlton's history

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Now anyone who knows me knows that I am modest and not one to shout above the crowd but ever so often in a piece of outrageous self promo...
Sunday, 13 July 2014

What was that building at 419 Barlow Moor Road?

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Now I am pretty sure that the date above this building is 1885, but I confess I am being lazy and haven’t walked up the road to check. ...

Reflections on what they did to Hough End Hall over the last half century

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I don’t think I have ever come across such a wanton piece of vandalism but then I haven’t seen that much of the world. The hall late 19...

Mr Pott's and his ghost sign on Castle Street in Stockport

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I would like to know more about W.H. Potts, what he sold and when he decided to have the sign painted. But that is the problem with ...
Saturday, 12 July 2014

Mr Ratcliffe’s Rent Book .... another story by Sally Dervan

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I always enjoy Sally's history posts. 9 Higher Ardwick, circa 1920s This one I particularly like because it gets to the heart of...
Friday, 11 July 2014

The way we were..........Moss Side in the early 1950s

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Now I like collecting and sharing family snaps which are often one of the most revealing ways we can find out about the past. And so he...

From Chorlton to a car boot sale in Cheshire

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Well it had to come, the day one of the books you wrote turns up in a car boot sale. Now David who came across a copy of The Story of ...