Thursday, 22 October 2020

The picture ……. and a lost story

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Now, this picture postcard of a group of soldiers has been in the collection for some time, and as ever there are lessons here in how you re...
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Blighty ............. a unique record from the Great War part 5 the mystery nurse

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A Red Cross nurse, circa 1916-1919 I doubt I will ever find out the identity of this Red Cross Nurse. She was drawn by a patient reco...

Maria Theresa ........... today on the wireless

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I parted company with Maria Theresa on a June day in 1968, and happily have not renwewd the acquaintance, till today. But today I shall be l...
Wednesday, 21 October 2020

Lost photographs from the Great War ………..

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Now when David sent over some photographs of soldiers recovering in a war time hospital In Rusholme I was not quite prepared for where I wo...

Ponting to the past …….the Finger Post at High Legh

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I collect street furniture, and one of my favourites are finger posts. There are fewer now than in the past, and I suspect many more will ev...

That much loved church in Eccles ..... with heaps of history

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 Now for lots of people St Mary's Church, is a familiar and much loved place of worship, and for many more just a reminder of our past. ...
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Tuesday, 20 October 2020

The Wedding Detectives ....... a new quirky history .... today on the wireless

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Now, I like the sort of history that twists and turns and goes off in all sorts of directions, and often starts with stuff that has seems mu...