Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Walking in Alexandra Park in the summer of 2014

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Now yesterday I was reflecting on Alexandra Park and the Whalley Hotel. And as promised I have decided to post some of Andy Robertson’s...
Tuesday, 9 September 2014

Celebrating Alexandra Park and remembering the Whalley Hotel.

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Parks and pubs are pretty much places we take for granted. I used to pass Alexandra Park regularly on the bus and when I varied the rou...
Monday, 8 September 2014

The Currzon Cinema 1936-2008

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Now I know when I am at the reaches of my knowledge and so rather than state the obvious with this picture by Andy Robertson or worse get...

On Chester Road with Andy Roberston

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Now there will be lots of stories about Trafford Press and the adjoining buildings  running along Chester Road to Empress Street. Once ...
Sunday, 7 September 2014

Wearing Hospital Blues in Flixton Red Cross Hospital sometime during the Great War

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Now I am back again with another of those Red Cross Hospitals from the Great War. They are a tiny bit of the history of that conflict w...
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Monday, 1 September 2014

Of fishing boats, fields and hotels

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I suppose there must have been a time when there were far more fishing boats in the harbour than today.  I counted a few along the lan...

Hough End Hall and a story from the Second World War all courtesy of the V&A

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The Hall in the mid 1960s Now I wanted to include a  fine pen and ink and watercolour painting on paper of Hough End Hall  made in 1940...