Friday, 20 May 2022

The Prince Albert …….. one of the lost Didsbury pubs

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The discovery of the Prince Albert was and remains a big surprise.   Prince Albert, 2020 It stood on the northern side of Wilmslow Ro...
Wednesday, 18 May 2022

When we are all migrants ………

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It's an obvious observation but one that needs revisiting, and it is this .... dig deep and most of us can count a migrant in our family...

A little bit of Chorlton’s history on a wall ……….

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Now when this poster went up on the wall of Etchells newsagent all of the images were very much of the present. But the passage of the years...
Tuesday, 17 May 2022

One hundred years of one house in Chorlton ....... part 137 ….. No Mow in May

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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 as a ...

Inflation and the cost of living crisis...... The Long View today on the wireless

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Now I am a great fan of the Long View which takes a topical issue and looks back into the past for parallels, which might or might not hel...

To Rec or to Park? …….. the great debate …..

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Now if you are of a certain age that 2 and bit acres of land along Beech Road will always be the Rec . Beech Road park, 2022 Not that in the...

A little bit of Sardinia’s street furniture …. now that’s a zippy title

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Now once again there will be people who mutter that I should get a life, but in these days of staying in, there is great merit in revisitin...