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Stepping back in time ........... the Black Friar, Salford as it would look
Now I never visited the Black Friar on Blackfriars Road and Trinty Way but there will be plenty of people who did.At which point if you are one of those people you may want to“turn away” because it...
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A week and a bit in the history of Beech Road Part 7
Here for no other reason than I have the images are a selection of pictures of Beech Road during the last thirty years.I don’t claim they are all great photographs, some are just snaps others a bit...
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As others saw us, Eltham in 1831
Now whenever I want to get a sense of somewhere in England in the 19th century I turn to Samuel Lewis’s Topographical dictionaries.Eltham Hill, from an engraving, 1778First published in 1831 it...
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Living in Whiteman's Yard
Whiteman's Yard, 1882For 130 years my family lived in the space bounded by Traffic Street, Hope Street, and London Road, hard by Wellington Street in Derby. They worked the mills, maintained the...
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With the Red Cross hospital in 1914 at Woodlawn in Didsbury
Wood LawnI am back with the story of the Voluntary Red Cross Hospitals during the Great War.In 1917 the Wesleyan College on Wilmslow Road was turned over to a Red Cross Hospital along with part of the...
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A little bit of gentle fun at the seaside in the 1920s ............. no 3...
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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A week and a bit in the history of Beech Road Part 8
Here for no other reason than I have the images are a selection of pictures of Beech Road during the last thirty years.I don’t claim they are all great photographs, some are just snaps others a bit...
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At the vicar's jubilee in Eltham with Peter Wakeman in the field by the...
“in many of the homes of Eltham ..... so impressive were the demonstrations that took place [to commemorate his fifty years in office in 1833] that the children and grandchildren of those who witnessed...
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12 Hope Street Derby a home for 30 years and now a car park
I always thought the name Hope Street was a cruel joke for how could there ever be any hope in a row of mean looking houses consisting of just four rooms an outside lavatory and shared yard? On still...
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A little bit of gentle fun at the seaside in the 1920s ............. no 4 "My...
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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"down an inviting green lane [that] leads to Eltham, a pleasant walk of...
Now I never tire of guide books and so here we are with Bradshaw’s Illustrated Handbook to London and its Environs which was published in 1862 and includes a walk to Eltham.*South of Woolwich from...
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A week and a bit in the history of Beech Road Part 9
Here for no other reason than I have the images are a selection of pictures of Beech Road during the last thirty years.I don’t claim they are all great photographs, some are just snaps others a bit...
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Two elephants, a farmer’s son and a travelling circus Part One
Now the reason why Robert Bailey rode an elephant here in Chorlton in the summer of 1942 had a lot to do with the family farm. The Bailey farm was at the bottom of Sandy Lane and ran along St...
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Liberty’s Volunteers remembering the Spanish Civil War ...... tomorrow
Now I have returned to the story of Madge Addy who worked in Spain during the Civil War, went on to serve as an agent in occupied France during the Second World War and briefly lived in Chorlton.Her...
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Cynthia ..... and stories of family revealed
I have been thinking of my friend Cynthia and how she brought me closer to my grandparents and the uncle I never knew.Cynthia, 2000We came across each other purely by chance almost a decade ago when I...
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This year we will holiday at home
Now here is one I couldn’t resist.And for all of us who have at times pondered on saving the holiday money and staying at home our friend on the deck chair with fan, fish and paddling pool might just...
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Walking into Eltham in 1862
The parish church in 1860So, yesterday I was with Bradshaw in 1862 on Shooter’s Hill and today I want to continue to explore one of the walks laid out in the Illustrated Handbook to London and its...
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Manchester Piccadilly...... a new station for a new generation
I have to say that when I first went into the newly designed and refurbished concourse of Piccadilly railway station I was impressed. Its bold open and light design seemed a world away from the drab...
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Just another day in St Ann’s Square...... June 2012 part 1
There always seems to be something going on in the square and this Saturday was no exception.Picture; Markets in St Ann’s Square
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Two elephants, a farmer’s son and a travelling circus ......... Part two
Yesterday I re ran the story of my old friend Oliver Bailey’s association with two elephants. *To be more accurate it was Oliver’s father who was connected with the two elephants, but that was...
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