Saturday, 21 December 2024

My Manchester ..... Piccadilly Gardens and beyond

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  Pretty much all life passes through Piccadilly Bus station. And I know it's a claim that can be made for any big transport hub, be it ...

Eltham Cinema and a word to the wise

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Now here is a building that just passed me by. Eltham Cinema, 1913-1968 It is the Eltham Cinema and was on the corner of the High Str...

A ladybird, a Christmas annual and an advert

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We tend to think of advertising aimed at children as something new, but not so. Here from the Swift comic annual, is a bit of sc...
Friday, 20 December 2024

Suggestions for a Christmas present and an outrageous piece of self promotion ........ nu 12.... The Story of Chorlton-cum-Hardy

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Now very soon lots of you will be pondering on Christmas presents and so with that in mind here is the third suggestion. Day five and T...

There are always opportunities ……

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  So, avoiding the controversy of the merits of the now closed Precinct along with the plans for its replacement, there is that much used ob...
Thursday, 19 December 2024

On being a dinosaur and remembering the horse drawn wagon

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I am fast becoming a living dinosaur, and I suppose I have to ask how could it be any different? I was after all born in the first hal...
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Suggestions for a Christmas present and an outrageous piece of self promotion ........ nu 11 Manchester Remembering 1914-18

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Suggestions for a Christmas present and an outrageous piece of self promotion ........ Manchester Remembering 1914-18 Now very soon lot...