Andrew Simpson
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Sunday, 21 June 2020
Boring pictures after the lockdown …. no. 2 .... the playground
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Now that lockdown has been relaxed, the 2 meters distance might shrink and you can again visit Primax and Top Shop, the new series is launc...
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My Salford ..........nu 8 more glass
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Now I don’t claim that any of the following short series of pictures of Salford are magnificent photographs but I like them. Loca...
Saturday, 20 June 2020
The lost Eltham & Woolwich pictures ...... no. 48 ..... my river
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Now after almost half a century of living away from south east London I still miss the river. And I am the first to say that it was a ...
Boring pictures after the lockdown …. no. 1 .... getting out on to Beech Road
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Now through the months of lockdown the series Boring pictures on a moment of self-isolation .... . , proved a success.* Starting with ...
When you have Chorlton Bookshop ….. who needs Amazon?
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Now I am not sniffy about using Amazon. And I have even been known to look on the site for those out of print old books that even J. R....
Friday, 19 June 2020
The Didsbury story ….. with a bit from Hulme, Chorlton-cum-Hardy and a pile of beer
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Never underestimate just how twisty history can be. The Crown Brewery, 1964 This is the story of William Roberts, brewer from Hulme...
George Cieslik’s Manchester ……… the lost square
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I always came to think that the small square behind Marks and Spencer which shared the old Shambles with a Safeway was a planner's afte...
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