Thursday, 15 December 2016

One hundred years of one house in Chorlton part 71 ...... colder inside than out

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The continuing story of the house Joe and Mary Ann Scott lived in for over 50 years and the families that have lived here since.* The...

78 Manchester Pubs .... a book for Christmas due out this week

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Now here is a first ........ the story of 78 of our iconic Manchester pubs. It is less a guide and more a detailed set of tales fea...

Looking for Madge Addy from Chorlton

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Now the search for Madge Addy has got just that bit more complicated and that is problem. Madge Addy, 1938 In 1938 she was working in...

A tram ............... a name and a journey

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Now this is a tram story. So turn away all those who prefer the bus, drive each day in a car or have never taken to that mode of transp...
Wednesday, 14 December 2016

Looking for the story of Brookfield House on the edge of Chorlton Park

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Brookfield House, 2014 Now over the last few months I have been reflecting on the fate of Hough End Hall and its future. And occasion...
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Selling the donkey for the war ........ Mr Booker a Red Cross Fund and a day in Stretford

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Now here is one of those fascinating postcards which lifted the carpet on a bit of history. The caption reads “Mr Booker sold to aid of...

Remembering the Spanish Civil War .......... one to do next year

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The Spanish Civil War began eighty years ago when a group of generals declared war on the democratically elected government of Spain. A...