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Queenscroft, that house on Eltham Hill
Queenscroft, 2013 Queenscroft is one of those places you can miss which is a pity because it has a rich history dating back to 1720 and maybe even earlier.And not for the first time I am struck by one...
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On Angel Street with the "common lodging houses" in 1900
On Angel Street in 1900We are on Angel Street in 1900.Now I can’t be exactly sure where along Angel Street we are but I think it will be around the middle and it is just possible we are looking down...
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A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 3........ the tithe map 1845
A short series featuring objects which tell a story of Chorlton in just a paragraph and a challenge for people to suggest some that are personal to their stories.The tithe map perfectly captures a...
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More from the pen of Tony Goulding ............. SUICIDES IN CHORLTON-cum-HARDY
It is perhaps quite surprising for such a small community the number of suicides which took place in Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Victorian and more especially Edwardian times. In a previous blog piece I have...
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Memories of Woolwich Arsenal
Now of all the pictures in the collection of the Woolwich Arsenal this one I suppose best sums up what was done behind the high walls just beyond Beresford Square.This is the Bullet Factory, and while...
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Drinking Troughs I have known
The drinking trough was one of those bits of street furniture I took for granted.A water trough I knew .... St Mary's Road, date unknownThinking back they were all over the place and given the number...
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A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 5........ a street fire alarm...
A short series featuring objects which tell a story of Chorlton in just a paragraph and a challenge for people to suggest some that are personal to their stories.In an age before we all had telephones...
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Behind the door of 44 Angel Street revealing stories of the "common lodging...
Angel Street in 1901I am back on Angel Street between 1897 and 1901.YesterdayI wandered down the street in the company of Samuel L Coulthurst who took a series of pictures of the people and their homes...
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Ghost signs on Evelina Road .............. along with an old telephone kiosk...
Now yesterday I was looking for water troughs and found my old one at the top of St Mary’s Road.It’s gone now and I have no idea when it was hauled away and replaced by the big flower bed.But the tall...
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"She works at Woolwich Arsenal Now" ......... a song from 1916 and a choir...
I have no idea if “She works at Woolwich Arsenal Now” was sung by my grandfather or any of our family who served with the Colours during the Great War.The song sheet, 1916But I bet it would have been...
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On Angel Street with Matilda Walker and her two children
Anyone who has grown up in a terraced street in the older parts of our towns and cities will recognise the wicket that has been chalked on the side of this brick wall.In the absence of parks, playing...
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A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 6 .... three concrete stumps...
A short series featuring objects which tell a story of Chorlton in just a paragraph and a challenge for people to suggest some that are personal to their stories.They are gone now but for almost all...
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“A few more in near perfect light” .............. out by Pomona with Andy...
Earlier in the year Andy was back out on Pomona land and took these which are two in a series that will feature over the next few days.They were taken in "near perfect light"on a May day in...
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Now you can go looking for a water trough and five turn up on the same day
My water trough was at the top of St Mary’s Road where it joined Evelina Road.I remember it from the 1950s and so did Linda and Joan and in the case of Joan she told me that “you have just given me a...
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Merlewood House in the High Street and a hint of how the other half lived in...
Merlewood House in 1909We are looking at Merlewood House which was one of those fine old houses Eltham did so well.It stood just east of the present National Westminster Bank and was demolished when...
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A little bit about Samuel L Coulthurst and those amazing pictures of...
Rochdale Road and Swan Street 1900This is another of those images of Manchester street life by Samuel Lawrence Coulthurst.It was taken in 1900 at the corner of Rochdale Road and Swan Street.Now at this...
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Watching "Pomona Land" change
Now I could go on at length about the how the twin cities have changed in just a few decades but rather think that is pretty obvious. And of course that changes is continuing, all of which makes Andy...
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A history of Chorlton in just 20 objects number 7 ....... a plough 1896
A short series featuring objects which tell a story of Chorlton in just a paragraph and a challenge for people to suggest some that are personal to their stories.This was the last time the land...
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A little bit of history on Well Hall Road .......... friends renunted
Now as a piece of history goes it is perhaps not even a footnote, but it has made my day because this afternoon I was contacted by Steve on the Well Hall facebook site I set up.Steve had posted an...
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Looking out from the churchyard........... home thoughts from abroad nu 1
There are many things I miss about Eltham.Uppermost of course are the family who while they may have moved a way for a while have always come back.And then thinking about it there are some special...
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