Wednesday, 20 July 2022

The Titanic ……. Chorlton library …. a smelly stream and Mr Hastings ……… tales from the new book

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  T oday   our new book, arrived from the printers.  It is the second in the series “nothing to do in chorlton” and this one  is called ...

Painting Well Hall and Eltham ....... nu 5 Eltham Church

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An occasional series featuring buildings and places I like and painted by Peter Topping. Now our parish church is one of those landmark...
Tuesday, 19 July 2022

Silly history …… where would I have been in 1851?

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Of course it is a silly question, given that 1851 is now over 170 years ago. In the Holt's garden, 2022 But if I had  been standing just...

Three actors …….. Dessies’s Place ….. and a pub ….. abroad in Cadishead

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This is one of those stories for which you can make your own history. I am confident that the three are Marilyn Munroe, John Wayne and Humph...
Monday, 18 July 2022

Just what can you buy on Market Street? …….

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Now for me the fun of Market Street is less the big shops and more the pop-up salesmen. And in that respect, it is no different than it was ...
Sunday, 17 July 2022

Gooldens Buildings in New Islington ………. Lost and now redicovered

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Now this is one of the best views across to what was Gooldens Buildings, which stood just a short distance from Great Ancoats Street and fac...
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The Stockport 13 …….. going to the flicks in 1929

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It is 1929, and had I lived in Stockport I would have had a choice of 13 picture houses to visit, which was not bad for a population of 123,...