Wednesday, 11 November 2026

The class of ’68 part 7 ……. Ranger's House and a folk concert

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Now, a little bit of my past has bounced back into my life in the form pf a program and a folk concert ticket. '....... all that li...
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Sunlight House a building “which has improved the appearance of the city and given it a dignity”

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Sunlight House, © 2013 Peter Topping Sunlight House is still a pretty impressive building and has been so since it was built in 1932 by...
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When history joins science fiction …… and becomes a book for children of all ages

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that when history collides with science fiction it’s bound to be fun*. Well Jane Austen it ain’t but...
Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Don't look back ... thoughts after finding Looking at Eltham, 1970

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Front cover showing the High Street Now Eltham is a long way from Chorlton but it was where I grew up and occasionally I am drawn back...
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When Esperanto came to Manchester .... Esperanto Congress, Manchester 1936 .... another story from Lawrence Beedle

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  What took my interest when I spotted this poster stamp was the exonym for Manchester.  It’s definitely Manchester. There is the Town Hall ...
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With Alice McIlwrick, fighting elections in the 1920s in Didsbury and Chorlton

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Alice McIlwrick should be remembered. She was the first Labour candidate to contest a local election here in Chorlton in the November ...
Monday, 9 November 2026

When history gets a bit more personal ......... the Croton family

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Now I like the way that stories become personal, and so it is with two pieces I wrote on  Charles and Reginal Croton who were two our taxi...