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The history of Eltham in just 20 objects ........Nu 2 eight miles to London...
The challenge is to write a history of Eltham in just 20 objects which are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at random.Anyone who wants to nominate their own is free to do so, just...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Salford ... nu 34 a reassuring discovery
Sometimes amidst shed loads of change along Chapel Street it’s reassuring to see that some things have stayed the same.And so it is with the Salford Arms.Not that I have ever been inside and I am sure...
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Walks I wish I had taken, from Lane End down towards Hough End Hall in the...
Lane End circa 1890A wheelwright, a notorious pub, another block of interesting cottages, two farms and Park Brow.Now the weather will soon be closing in so with that in mind I think it is time for...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester ...... nu 67 walking down Gun Street...
Now this is another one of the walks I would like to have taken in the spring of 1851.It would have started just past New Cross, where Great Ancoats Street joined Oldham Road and Swan Street and...
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Ten minutes in a railway station .............. Piccadilly July 14 2015...
Now I like railway stations which are only bettered by airports.But unlike airports there is no air side which is really the mark of when the holiday begins.Until then you have the hassle of the taxi,...
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Beech Road ........... the film ....... coming soon with your help
Now every township should have its own film so here is ours.Beech Road, circa 1900Century Films are currently researching a potential third series of the award-winning BBC Two documentary: THE SECRET...
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So farewell the Sherwood in Fallowfield some will mourn your passing and even...
Now back in the 1970s Private Eye regularly ran short poems which I think were by E J Thrib and were a comment on the events of the day.They began “So farewell ............” and ran on with some...
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Police Stations I have known ............ and plenty more that I didn’t...
Now I think it is time for a new series onpolice stations.*Patricroft, 2016As soon as I saw this one taken by Andy Robertson yesterday I began thinking that here were a shedload of stories, and then I...
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Ten minutes in a railway station .............. Piccadilly July 14 2015 ........
Now I like railway stations which are only bettered by airports.It is that mix of bustle and purposeful determination on the part of the passengers passing through and of course the promise of...
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The history of Eltham in just 20 objects ........Nu 3 the Rock Band and the...
The challenge is to write a history of Eltham in just 20 objects which are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at random.Here is Paula's choiceROCK legends Status Quo were filled with...
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Who wouldn't want to live at 11 St John's Street?
Now there is no doubting that 11 St John’s Street in the heart of the city was a pretty impressive address and it was the home of the very wealthy Holt family.*It had been built around 1794 and despite...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Manchester ...nu 68 a rare glimpse of King...
Most of the images we see of Manchester in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were the work of professional photographers. They focused on the popular bits and sold them on to the postcard...
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At the chippy on the green with Mrs Jones and "Chippy Madge"
Now I am always fascinated by those pictures which call up a rich seam of memories that cross the generations.And this one pretty much does just that. We are inside Chorlton Green Supper Bar sometime...
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Just what do you do with an old tin of dried milk and sixty brass rods?...
It’s odd how little bits of your parents stick to you and become part of how you see the world.Now I fully except that physical appearance is the luck of the draw and some of us will be the spitting...
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Always look up ............. Piccadilly Railway Station
Nothing much more to say.We were in Piccadilly Railway Station waiting for the train to Sheffield.And as you do I spent some of the time admiring the glass roof.Location; ManchesterPicture; Piccadilly...
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The missiles of October 1962 ............... when great events are remembered...
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945Child hood memories don’t always make good history but that said they remain a powerful link to the past.The trouble with them is that they end up telescoped...
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Lost and forgotten Streets of Manchester ......... nu 69 on Major Street in 1905
Now as ever there is a story behind this picture.14 Major Street, 1886We are on Major Street in 1905 and the building is the Boys’ and Girls’ Refuge which was established in 1884.It was the second...
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The history of Eltham in just 20 objects ........Nu 4 a water trough chosen...
The challenge is to write a history of Eltham in just 20 objects which are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at random.Anyone who wants to nominate their own is free to do so, just...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Salford ........... nu 35 walking along...
Greengate in 1849Now I don’t think there will be many pictures of Greengate in the winter of 1849.All of which leaves me with a map and a street directory.The map is self explanatory but street...
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A little bit of our tiled past on Beech Road above the cocktails and pizzas
John Williams & Sons Ltd 2015I can’t be exactly sure when this bit of tiled wall disappeared behind the false wall at number 32 Beech Road, but I am guessing it will have been sometime in the 1960s...
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