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The Vine on Kennedy Street ............ beer sellers, handloom weavers and Mr...
The Vine always stops the causal tourist in their tracks. The Vine in 2014For many it is the long walk along Fountain Street, leading on to Cooper Street and then almost on the corner of Kennedy Street...
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A Wilbraham Road now lost to living memory
The junction of Wilbraham Road with Albany and Corklands Roads, circa 1903-13This is one of those scenes of Chorlton which has pretty much vanished from living memory. So while there will be many...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Salford nu 15 ...... less about Greengate and...
Now this is another of those pictures of Greengate just down from Gorton Street and we are back at the Flying Dutchman and the entrance to Mallett’s Court.There is much in the picture which brings out...
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The Band on the Wall ............ magic memories, a venue with a long history...
Now the book on Manchester pubs is available.*A new book on Manchester PubsUnlike other pub books we want to tell the stories of the people, the building and the area they are situated in.All of which...
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On Wilmslow Road celebrating the coronation of King George V in 1911
The coronation of King George V on June 22 1911 was celebrated in Didsbury as it was all over the country. The Principal of the Wesleyan College in Didsbury read a passage from the scriptures at the...
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A day in December on our High Street ................. nu 4 the parish church
Now if you still live where you grew up the chances are that you take it all for granted.For those of us who long ago moved away from Eltham that is something we can’t do.So here for the next few days...
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Looking for lost forgotten local Chorlton artists ................ Mr Bert...
It's what you don't know about people that makes for fascinating history.Beaumont Road, 1958I knew Bert and Doris Woodcock but only to nod to and pass the odd comment.They lived on Beaumont Road...
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Salford People through the camera of Phil Portus ......Sandra Opoku &...
In the 1970s Phil Portus set out torecord Salford people.He writes, Sandra, as a child, lived in a large terraced house on South Anne Street opposite the Langworthy Estate. They both attended St...
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Watching the coronation procession in Didsbury on June 22 1911
It is June 22nd 1911 and we are in Didsbury watching the coronation festivities for King George V and Queen Mary.Along with countless other communities across the country Didsbury celebrated the event...
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Of adventures and pub visits .............. the Millstone on Thomas Street
Now adventures should never be confined to anyone under the age of ten. Thinking about it they are best kept for those in receipt of a free travel bus, and pension who can remember listening to the...
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A day in December on our High Street ................. nu 5 the Eltham Grill
Now if you still live where you grew up the chances are that you take it all for granted.For those of us who long ago moved away from Eltham that is something we can’t do.So here is the last of the...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Salford nu 16 ......... not so much lost but...
Now I seem to be drawn back to Greengate and have decided to feature this one from Andy Robertson who over the years has been recording the changes to the twin cities and so here is his take on...
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One hundred years of one house in Chorlton part 75 ...... the houses Joe built
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 Joe built good houses as many of his tenants testified and that of...
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Always look for the story behind the badge
Now the thing about badges is that they are easy to make offer up an instant message and with the passage of time tell a story.I have been collecting them for over five decades although these days I...
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Memories of Furness Vale by Mabel Townend. ....... one for the new year
The next meeting of Furness Vale History Society is on Tuesday 3rd January at 7.30pm. The meeting is at Furness Vale Community Centre, Yeardsley Lane.Admission is £2 including refreshments. Mabel...
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Off with the Alexandra Brass Band at the Coronation Festivities in 1911
“The great glory of the Coronation festivities of 1911 was the procession. Everybody in Didsbury was expected to take some part in it, either in work or money or both and both were freely given.There...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Salford nu 17 ............ the one you can’t...
Now like all stories here is a bit of poetic licence, because you can drive down Greengate but not from Chapel Street when I took this picture.Nor of course is Greengate either lost or forgotten and...
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Tony Goulding's .......... CHORLTON-CUM-HARDY HISTORY QUIZ - CHRISTMAS 2016...
Now here is a festive treat ...... Tony's Chorlton-cum-Hardy Christmas Quiz, answers tomorrow. Barlow Moor Road, 19081)What was the surname of the 2 brothers charged with the murder of P.C. Cock in...
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Collecting for the Ancoats Hospital in the summer of 1924
I belong to that generation which was the first to grow up with the National Health Service.School Daisy Day, date unknownIt over saw my birth in the General Lying In Hospital in Lambeth went on to...
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The magic of Well Hall half a century on
Now I have been thinking about what made Well Hall and the Progress estate such a magical place when I was growing up in the 1960s.It started with the roads that led off in all sorts of directions...
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