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Summer days in south Manchester No 1 the paddling pool in Chorlton Park
We are at the paddling pool in Chorlton Park and the year is sometime in the 1930s.The park was opened in the mid 1920s and the pool is still fondly remembered by many people in Chorlton.Location;...
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A lost Eltham Palace nu 1 ................ The Banqueting Hall
Now I have decided to run a few pictures of what Eltham Palace looked like in the 18th and 19th centuries.It had long been abandoned as a home for royalty and its grand days were a thing of the...
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On the streets of Manchester protecting destitute children in 1870
It will have been a cold one on the streets of Manchester last night and I cannot begin to appreciate just how hard it will have been sleeping rough.Emma before admission to the charityAnd yet the...
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Beware stories of Naples
Via Dei TribunaliNow you are never quite prepared for Naples.Tina’s mum who was born here and regularly returns warned us to be careful with a set of safety instructions which would have been a...
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From the top of Blackpool Tower ............... you can see Peter’s mobile home
Now I never did Blackpool as a kid.Blackpool Tower, 2015Dad worked in the leisure industry and with five young children mum left the annual jaunt to the sun and sand to the rest of the street.But there...
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Celebrating our Municipal Town Halls part 6 .......... Manchester Town Hall*
Well I could hardly leave our own Town Hall out of the collection.*It is a building I have been fascinated by for nearly half a century, although when I first saw it I was not convinced. Back then I...
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One more heave and the Railway Inn at Cornbrook will be no more
It’s the ruin you spot from the tram at Cornbrook.2014Once it was the Railway Inn, pulling pints and offering a bit of cheer on a drab corner.I have been interested in it for years, have written about...
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A lost Eltham Palace nu 2 .............. The Banqueting Hall in 1782
Now I have decided to run a few pictures of what Eltham Palace looked like in the 18th and 19th centuries.It had long been abandoned as a home for royalty and its grand days were thing of the past.The...
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Brookfield House on the edge of Chorlton
This is Brookfield House and it is still there today, although it is a long time since it was a home.It stands on the edge of Chorlton Park. Now I can’t be sure of when it was built, but there are...
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A Roman street and Neapolitan pizza from Pizzeria I Decumani........ just...
We were in Naples and having chosen not to visit Pompeii and Herculaneum I suppose we felt more than a little guilty.Walking the Roman streetAfter all here were those two Roman towns frozen in that...
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Annie Holland in Salford in 1911
Annie Holland circa 1911This is a picture of Annie Holland, and it is one of three photographs which belong to Alan who has kindly given me permission to use them.The story first appeared in 2013.The...
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Back at Eltham Lodge, courtesy of Captain Brooks and his book on Eltham Palace
I am back with the Story of Eltham Palace by Roy Brook and what a treasure trove is here.For a start it is not just about the Palace and the royal residents who lived there but also an account of the...
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On Zetland Road with a postcard and an odd message in the March of 1905
I have looked at this postcard of “Draycott” a dozen times over the last few years and not given it much thought.It is on Zetland Road and was sent by Edmund Holmes to his daughter Mabel in March 1905....
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Looking out from Salford ...........nu 2 Media City
A short series mostly around the Quays looking at SalfordLocation; SalfordPicture; Salford, 2016, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
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A bit of the “other side” of London life in 1851 ................. stories...
"Of the thousand millions of human beings that are said to constitute the population of the entire globe, there are – socially, morally, and perhaps even physically considered – two distinct and...
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Dodging the unexpected in Naples on a July day
We were lucky to be on the other side of the road when the woman threw the contents of a bucket of water down from her balcony.She lived on the top floor of one of those tall properties which rise six...
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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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A lost Eltham Palace ........... nu 3 Eltham Palace from the north west
Now I have decided to run a few pictures of what Eltham Palace looked like in the 18th and 19th centuries.It had long been abandoned as a home for royalty and its grand days were thing of the past.The...
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“The Appeal Tribunal have decided that the appeal be dismissed” ..........
The Appeal Tribunal was one of the many held regularly across the country during the Great War to determine whether a conscripted man had a case to be exempted from call up."the appeal be dismissed"......
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An adventure, a fish market and the promise of some gruesome stories ........
Now the thing about adventures is that they are best done with friends.It lessens the risks and more importantly offers up plenty of opportunities to relive the events which with the retelling become...
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