Thursday, 25 March 2021

In memory of the Four Banks and Bank Corner

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  I can’t be exactly sure of the date of the picture, but I know it must be sometime around the late 1990s. Now I can be pretty sure of that...
Wednesday, 24 March 2021

TESTIMONIALS ..... HASLAM'S REFERENCE .... another story from Tony Goulding

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Inspired by a recent post extolling the merit of old testimonials in historical research I delved into my own family archives – I was not di...
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The lost pubs of Salford ............. 1872

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Now one of the things that happen so often in researching old newspapers is you get side tracked. And so yesterday while continuing to tr...

The band, a demonstration, and a bit of a mystery

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I know the name of the band, and am pretty sure we are in Manchester and the date will be sometime in the late 1970s into the ‘80s. But...
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“We will always have Paris” ....... Part. 3 .... alone on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées

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It must have been a quiet day on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées because apart from a lone cyclist I seem to have had the road to myself. ...
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Tuesday, 23 March 2021

Just how careless are we with Chorlton’s buildings?

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I rather think we have become careless with our buildings. The Lychgate and Bell Tower, 1978 It is a thought prompted by yesterday’s post o...

The Priory ........ a campaign to save a row of trees .......... and that new book

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Now here is a story with a contemporary ring. St Peter's Priory 1895, from 7 Maple Avenue In the April of 1897 more than a few ...