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Posters from the Past ........... no 2 Berlin, the Bauhus and an explanation
Now yesterday I introduced the new series, Posters from the Past with Peter’s invitation to Blackpool and here as promised is his explanation for how the project came about.*“When I go travelling I...
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Summer 1925, and the view from above of Oswald Road and surrounding area
Oswald Road School in the summer of 1925 particularly interesting. It is easy to spot the school and the library and get a sense of how this part of the township had developed in the first decades of...
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One very remarkable photograph of Chorlton-cum-Hardy Central School in the...
Now when my friend Ian Henderson told me about his dad’s school photograph from 1927 I knew we had a fascinating piece of history.It was taken in the playground of what is now Oswald Road School...
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Memories of the Swan in Collyhurst ................ lost Manchester pubs and...
Now I say lost but I am not quite sure and I am prepared to offer up a humble apology to the landlord/landlady and clientele of the Swan on Hamerton Road.The picture is another from that wonderful...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Salford ...... nu 45 Queen Street .... a car...
Now this is one of those stories which I know will require a lot more research and will I suspect also lead to a few cross words.The Gravestone in the carpark, 2016We are a car park where Clement...
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Half a century of looking up the High Street
This is one of those scenes of the High Street which at first glance seems to have changed very little from the first time I wandered up from Well Hall Road in the spring of 1964.Of course like loads...
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Walking the city of Manchester in 1841 .......... courtesy of Mr B Love
Now I bet the Handbook of Manchester would have caused a stir amongst the elegant tea rooms and learned libraries of London back in 1842 when it was published.* After all our city was as Asa Briggs...
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Posters from the Past ........... no 3 Manchester Central and an adventure
“What if” Peter said “we take an iconic Manchester building and make it a bit more special by turning it into a period poster ...... the sort we grew up with.”Now that I thought just had to be a...
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“No churns, no porter, no cat on a seat, At Chorlton-cum-Hardy or...
I have always liked the idea of getting from Chorlton into town in a matter of minutes. It was what made where we live so attractive to the families of those who lived here in the years after the...
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Posters from the Past ........... no 4 a book opens the world
Now the series Posters from the Past has arrived in Eltham, and where better to settle than outside our Library.It was built in 1906 and many of us will have fond memories of the place.Our Stella...
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In St Ann’s Square ............. high heels and tents on a June afternoon
In any one year you can spend time in St Ann’s Square at the markets, listening to jazz on a sunny day or passing a series of tents.Location; ManchesterPicture; At Ann’s Square, June 2015 from the...
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The amazing David Harrop collection is on its travels ............ be the...
Now anyone who knows David Harrop, will know about his collection which spans two world wars and the history of the Postal Service.Many of the items from that collection have appeared over the years as...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Salford ...... nu 46 Lamb Court
It was called Lamb Court and ran from Chapel Street past the chapel and joined Lamb Lane.Location; SalfordPicture; Lamb Court, 2016 from the collection of Andrew Simpson
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Looking down on Eltham in the late 1960s
The aerial photograph has got to be one of those powerful ways of capturing a scene.So here we are flying over Eltham sometime in the late 1960s or early 70s.Over to our left just below the centre of...
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Revisiting Marshall Street and the entrance to Marsden Harcombe & Company
Now it’s been a long time since I was down on Marshall Street and so I have no idea if the entrance to the former Marsden Harcombe & Company factory still exists.Marshall Street, 2015I knew the...
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Posters from the Past ........... no 5 Pullman Dining Pickering to Grosmont
Now here is a poster for my friend Marion Jackson who wrote on Tuesday that she was enjoying the new series Posters from the Past and "loved the posters you used to see in train carriages." And asked...
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The 27 Steps a mystery no more
The Twenty-seven steps, 1959Just when you think you have pretty much nailed knowing some of the history of Chorlton, up pops an obscure reference which sets you off.So for about a year now I have been...
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Around Manchester ......... my sort of history book
Now Around Manchester is my sort of history book.*According to the notes on the back “it begins with the Romans and finishes with graphene, taking in everything in between from religion, politics,...
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Stepping back in time in Southport with John Casey
Now history comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and we should never turn away from even the most trivial bits of our past.So I was pleased when John Casey sent over three photographs from a trip to...
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Lost and forgotten streets of Salford ... nu 47 less a street and more a pub
Now on the surface who could lose the junction of Chapel Street and New Bailey Street?On Chapel Street in 2016I bet it will have been just as busy back when the New Bailey Prison stood dark and...
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