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Back in Nunhead Cemetery ...............
Now I said I would be back with more pictures of Nunhead Cemetery, and because I have already about the place I shall just let the picture do the rest.Picture; Nunhead Cemetery, 2015, from the...
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Voting in the General Election at Eltham in the November of 1837
In the November of 1837 the electorate of Eltham went to the polls. Well Hall in 1844 with Well Hall House at 382All 67 of them, which if my sums are correct represented just over 13% of the adult...
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Miss Wilton’s private garden, ............. the story of the village green
Dating photographs can be tricky. If you are lucky a postcard will have the date it was sent stamped on the back, although this is still no guarantee that this was when the picture was taken. I have...
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Uncovering the secrets of Ivy Court on Eltham High Street
Now I am intrigued by this picture which dates from 1909.The caption just says, “site of the London and South-Western Bank (High Street), House formerly the residence of the late Miss Fry, now of Mr...
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Plotting the bombs that fell on New Cross
Now I have been watching eight short films about London, and Manchester during the Blitz with a link to a fascinating interactive map from the National Archives.*London Can Take It is a collection of...
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Where did the last half century and a bit go?
I have reached that age when I can go to the post office and collect my State pension which of course is that bitter sweet confirmation that I am officially an old man.I have lived through two...
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Summer days in south Manchester No 2 early morning on Chorlton Green in 1975
For most of us this will be a familiar scene but it is now as much a part of history as any of those old monochrome images from the beginning of the last century.We are on the green facing the Horse...
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Chorltonville and a milkman
Another picture of Chorltonville, South Drive and a milkmanPicture from the Lloyd collection
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At the chippy on the green with Mrs Jones and "Chippy Madge"
Now I am always fascinated by those pictures which call up a rich seam of memories that cross the generations.And this one pretty much does just that. We are inside Chorlton Green Supper Bar sometime...
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The photograph which begs a story
I have no idea who this woman is or where and when the picture was taken.But that doesn’t diminish my interest in the photograph.It comes from David Harrop who has kindly given me access to what is a...
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Growing in New Cross nu 13 ....... Queen Tika, Gene Autry and a hidden city...
I remain fascinated how one image has stayed with me for over half a century and still has the power to take me back to a Saturday morning in the pictures.The Phantom Riders So distant is the memory...
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Back in Chorlton in the October of 1961
Pemberton Arcade, Barlow Moor Road“Just a sixpenny bus ride from Piccadilly, Manchester is Chorlton-cum-Hardy – the little green meadow hamlet that grew and grew into a busy suburb.”*I came across this...
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On washing a Nokia 6310
Today I washed my phone.It was of course not prompted by a desire to give it a clean or even to test out how a fifteen year old Nokia hand set survives a 54 minute number 3 wash cycle.It was instead...
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That mysterious cottage in Chislehurst
The cottages in 1905We are back with that mystery cottage on Perry Street and the firm who marketed the postcard.It is a story that draws you in, presents endless avenues of research and still throws...
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Summer in the City
Now for no particular reason other than I took them and they are of Manchester, here is a short series celebrating places I like.All have appeared before and some a long time ago.Pictures; around...
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When the snow fell across New Cross and pretty much everywhere
It is odd what you remember especially on a warm summer’s day looking out over Manchester.The sun is shining and there is no hint of the rain that has for days fallen like stair rods so I am surprised...
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Walking down Sidcup High Street in the August of 1961
Now it would be a full three years after this picture postcard of Sidcup High Street was sent before we settled in Eltham and a lot longer before I wandered down into Sidcup.Well Hall had pretty much...
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Summer in the City
Now for no particular reason other than I took them and they are of Manchester, here is a short series celebrating places I like.All have appeared before and some a long time ago.Pictures; around...
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Back on Lausanne Road ............... sometime around 2000 with a little bit...
Stepping back the 3310, circa 2000Now as phones go the Nokia 3310 is as obsolete as our old valve wireless and sits in the history of mobile communication somewhere in the Dark Ages.But long after the...
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The Ballad of Peckham Rye ............ revisiting a book from 1960
Now it will be forty-four years since I read The Ballad of Peckham Rye, and a full 55 since my mother first brought a copy into the house.*She raved over what was a bizarre comedy about Dougal Douglas...
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