Andrew Simpson
Stories, people and events
Saturday, 16 December 2017
On this day .... 103 years ago on the north Yorkshire coast
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Now I like the way the blog occasionally gets requests to do a story. Picture postcard pf the attack, 1914 And this week David Harrop...
More Victorian Christmas Cards
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From the collection of Tony Walker
Friday, 15 December 2017
Holiday greetings from Chorlton in the August of 1920
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This is the last of the series of postcards produced by Tuck and Sons of scenes around Chorlton. They were first marketed in 1913 and a...
On coming across my book on the shelves of Eltham Library
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Now I am fascinated by the Eltham of the 1840s, so much so that most nights I fall asleep walking its lanes and field boundries. Added ...
Thursday, 14 December 2017
One hundred years of one house in Chorlton part 92 ......... the washing up bottle and the project
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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.* Now ...
Letter from Manchester .......... December 2017
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Now it is that time of year when most of us will be very focused on family events. Castlefield, 2007 And amongst the maelstrom of act...
Victorian Christmas Cards
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From the collection of Tony Walker
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