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Growing up in Eltham in the 1950s ....stories by Eddy Newport ......no 8 a...
Another in the series by Eddy Newport taken from his book, The Newport’s 1951 at No. 58 Rochester Close Kidbrooke SE3...........My paper round was going strong and I wanted a new bike, the fashion then...
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The River Thames in 11 colour paintings .... no 2 Old Battersea Bridge
Now I suppose we all have our favourite bridge over the Thames.Nocturne in Black & Gold the Falling Rocket, 1872-75Most tourists will go for Tower Bridge while many commuters will opt for London...
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In the Piazza Monte Grappa
The Piazza Monte Grappa would not be my first choice of a place to sit and watch the world go by. It is a rather drab place surrounded by unremarkable tall buildings and dominated by a fountain with...
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Looking for the story of Graeme House and that Chorlton Shopping Precinct
Graeme House and Safeway, 1971We don’t do recent history very well.I guess it is simply because we take it for granted and don’t even see it as history.Added to which it is sometimes quite difficult to...
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Another piece in the story of Madge Addy ...... secret agent, Civil War nurse...
Madge Addywas a remarkable woman who not only went out to Spain during the Spanish Civil War but went onto serve as an agent in occupied France.*It is a story I have been uncovering for a while and was...
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Growing up in Eltham in the 1950s ......... stories by Eddy Newport no 9...
Another in the series by Eddy Newport taken from his book, The Newport’s 1951 at No. 58 Rochester Close Kidbrooke SE3...........My stay at the Gordon school was to last for two years.New friends were...
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Pictures with no stories ........ no 5 .... two in Gale's Studios on Market...
I like the idea that these two women have come out of the shadows, and for just a few minutes will be seen once more after perhaps a century and a bit.I don’t know who they are or when the photograph...
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Passing the time ............... afternoon in Varese
An occasional series of pictures of people and places.Location; Varese, ItalyPictures; Varese, Italy, 2010, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
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One hundred and seventy years in the story of a house in Eltham
Cliefden House in 1909Now I am back at Cliefden House.This grand 18th century property is still there on the High Street opposite Passey Place.It was built sometime around 1720 with an eastern addition...
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When you could skate on Oswald Road .................The Chorlton-cum-Hardy...
Now I have a problem with this picture. It was painted by the local artist J.Montgomery. I say local because almost his entire collection of paintings feature Chorlton or Whalley Range. But that is all...
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Lives revealed ...... a story from Colin ......... selling coal from Hyde...
Now you never know where a story will go or what it will yield.Back in October 2016 I wrote about Hyde Street after coming across an image in theLocal History Collection and soon after Colin got in...
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One hundred years of one house in Chorlton part 80 ...... on a cold wet...
Thecontinuing story of the house Joe and Mary Ann Scott lived in for over 50 years and the families that have lived here since.*As the snow came down, 2017Now however the rest of the day turns out the...
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A little bit of gentle fun at the seaside in the 1930s ............. no 10...
A short series reflecting on a bit of gentle fun from the seaside.Location; at the seaside in WalesPicture; courtesy of Ron Stubley
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Growing up in Eltham in the 1950s ......... stories by Eddy Newport no 10...
Another in the series by Eddy Newport taken from his book, The Newport’s 1951 at No. 58 Rochester Close Kidbrooke SE3...........I went to a night school in Briset Road that was very near to where I...
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Walking the Woolwich foot tunnel in 1916
I can’t say I enjoy using the foot tunnels under the Thames.There would have been a time when walking under the river using the Woolwich or Greenwich tunnel was an adventure.But then I was only 10 and...
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A quiet afternoon in Varese part 1
It was one of those quiet afternoons in spring just a little on the cool side and there was a hint of rain but it didn’t stop people sitting out and watching as the crowds went byLocation, Varese,...
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An arched gateway on Barlow Moor Road circa 1925
I am looking at a photograph of Barlow Moor Road and the arched gateway to Christ Church Avenue about 1925. The lodge is to the right and a for sale sign to our left.Now I have to confess I have been...
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Mr Harrop, a tank and a day out in Oldham
Now the tank in question was one of those porcelain souvenir ones which were made and sold in huge quantities during the Great War.It made perfect sense for the ceramic industry to switch from...
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Pictures with no stories ........ no 6 .... off in the Chara
I was way too young to have ever travelled on a “chara” but our dad drove one back in the late 20s and early 30s, and we have the pictures to prove it.And here is another full of smiling holiday makers...
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A sightseeing trip to Woolwich and those old wooden prison hulks with their...
Now I had completely forgotten about those old 18th century prison hulks moored at Woolwich and also of the excellent little book by Mr Reg Rigden*The Floating Prisons of Woolwich and Deptford,...
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