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Lost and forgotten streets of Salford nu 8 .... Chapel Street
Now before any says anything I am quite well aware that Chapel Street is neither lost nor forgotten.Anyone who has tried to cross the road from Trinity Church to the other side during the rush hour...
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Passing the time ............... watching
An occasional series of pictures of people and places.Location; Varese, ItalyPictures; People & Places,Varese, Italy, 2010, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
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Turning up bits of Chorlton’s history in the most unexpected places .... the...
Now here is a bit of history, and like lots of good history it is something that takes us directly to one person’s story.It belongs to Francesca who wrote “I helped Bob, my uncle in Buonissiomo during...
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Of floods and weirs and peaceful places, on the edge of Turn Moss
The weir in 1915I really don’t do enough pictures on the blog and rarely do those then and now sort of stories. So here with the help of Nigel Anderson and Michael J Thompson of Hardy Productions UK*...
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Pictures from an Eltham bus ........ nu 10....... a bit of progress
The top deck of a London bus has to be a pretty neat way of seeing the world below.And when it is the same bus at about the same time every day then you have got yourself a project.All you need is a...
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War Baby ......... stories by Eddy Newport no 29 .........
Another in the series by Eddy Newport taken from his book, History of a War Baby.My favourite trips out were to the East Street market with Mum and Nan to do the shopping.As a special treat, there were...
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Lost and forgotten Salford streets nu 9 ......... Mallett's Court and Greengate
Greengate, numbers 34-42, circa 1895You won’t find Mallet’s Court nor for that matter the beer shop of Mrs Lucy Parton which occupied numbers 34 & 36 Greengate, or the home of Mr James Finn...
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Waltham House ............. another of the lost houses of Edge Lane
Waltham House, 1959This is Waltham House in the spring of 1959 and it was coming up for its 96th birthday but like many of those grand houses stretching along Edge Lane it had seen its best years.It...
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Searching for our great uncle Roger ................ and a thank you to a...
Now I am fully aware that one person’s family history is another’s long yawn, so this is less about our great uncle Roger and more about the international co-operation that has taken his story just a...
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On the Thames in the summer of 1978
I have never lost my love of the river.We never lived far from the Thames and of course trips to town took you either under it or more likely over it, and once we moved to Eltham there was always the...
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A view from the balcony .... Italy 2016
Not all sea views are so enchanting.Location; ItalyPictures; Adriatica, 2016 from the collection of Andrew Simpson
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On having not one but three other families .........
My great aunt and the Pember family in Canada, 1947“No one expects the Spanish Inquisition.”*And anyone who has spent any time researching their family history can testify to that. The surprises, along...
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War Baby ......... stories by Eddy Newport no 30 .............. Muffin the...
Another in the series by Eddy Newport taken from his book, History of a War Baby.The Woods, 1976I had many fights with my brother Dave.I would tease him until he lost his temper and chase me round the...
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Italy 2016
We were out exploring and came across the castle, high on a hill.It dated back to to the 16th century.Location; ItalyPictures; Adriatica, 2016 from the collection of Andrew Simpson
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Lost and forgotten streets of Salford nu 10 .......... under the arches of...
The short trip through the gloom of the railway arches brings you out on a stretch of Bury Road flanked by modern retail and residential properties and ends in a narrow alley.Along the way you can...
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Sarah Sutton, a life lived out on the Row
There are no pictures of Sarah Sutton, nor to my knowledge has she left a diary, or anything which might tell me about her life.She was born in 1821 in Withington and lived with her husband in a wattle...
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An invitation to the church do and the story of Peter Wakeman
The invitation Until a few days ago I had no idea that Peter Wakenham ever existed, but he did and he has left an interesting paper trail for a man who described himself as a labourer.We know where he...
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One hundred years of one house in Chorlton part 82 ......... Whispering Dave...
Thecontinuing storyof the house Joe and Mary Ann Scott lived in for over 50 years and the families that have lived here since.*A boy, a horse and a delivery van, circa 1900Now I have been thinking...
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Looking for pictures of Didbury’s oldest cinema
The cinema on Elm Grove was Didsbury’s oldest picture house and it saw out all its rivals.The Tudor in 1959In its time it had many names from the Didsbury Picture House, and the Didsbury Theatre...
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Reflecting on anniversaries
I began writing the book back in 2013.I say writing it but that is the year I was commissioned by the History Press but it would be more than a year later before I began seriously to consider the...
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