Monday, 16 March 2015

Coming soon that new petrol station on Wilbraham Road

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Now we must surely be entering almost the end of that story of the garage on Wilbraham Road which Andy Robertson has been recording for t...
Sunday, 15 March 2015

Passing the Pleasaunce

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Now when Chrissie sent me this picture I was totally mystified and I have to say remain so. I am sure there is something she is not t...

Down on London Road .............. contrasting the old and new

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Now I like this photograph by Andy Robertson which nicely captures that new Manchester which has been going up over the last decade. ...
Saturday, 14 March 2015

Stories of a vanished brewery, a closed pub and a ghost sign once hidden and now rediscovered

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Now one of the exciting things about Andy Robertson’s pictures is that they are beginning to record bits of the city which I have never vis...
Friday, 13 March 2015

By the moat at Well Hall ............ two of two

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There is something quite magical about the reflection of light on water especially as the light is failing. And Chrissie has capture...

Down on the Old Road at the Seven Stars

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It would be a full seventeen years after these pictures of the Seven Stars Hotel were taken that we moved into to a flat just off the Old...

Celebrating our Municipal Town Halls part 1 .......... Leigh Town Hall

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An occasional series celebrating our municipal history and in particular our Town Halls Leigh Town Hall It is all too easy to become ...