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In the Rec on Beech Road in the spring of 1910
I am back in the Rec and the year is 1910, and judging by the trees I guess it is late spring.The recreation ground is a little over ten years old and there will be people in the picture who will...
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The Manchester Barnardo boy who joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in...
An occasional series on the stories behind the new book on Manchester and the Great War.*William, circa 1916-1918I first came across William Phillips after I had made an appeal across Canada for...
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A little bit of history, celebrating Chorlton and its people ..............
It is pretty much a given that today’s art exhibition will be tomorrow’s bit of history.I can think of plenty of shows I have attended which are still remembered as important events and have since been...
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A story of British Home Children in just 20 objects nu 1 ..........a report...
A report on a home child, 1915A story of British Home Children in just 20 objects which are in no particular order, have been selected purely at random and will reflect one of many different...
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A little bit more of 1939 is revealed........... unlocking the 1939 Register
Nana & Uncle Roger, 1929Now if like me you were a bit disappointed when Findmypast unveiled the 1939 Register promising so many great things but making you pay more to see it, the news that that it...
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The history of Eltham in just 20 objects ........Nu 3 a historian and a book
The challenge is to write a history of Eltham in just 20 objects which are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at random.Anyone who wants to nominate their own is free to do so, just...
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Looking out from Piccadilly Station
I am almost at the end of the short series of photographs using big glass windows and reflections.I could have entitled it lost scenes of Manchester because that is just what it now is.I took it soon...
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Summer days in south Manchester No 1 the paddling pool in Chorlton Park
We are at the paddling pool in Chorlton Park and the year is sometime in the 1930s.The park was opened in the mid 1920s and the pool is still fondly remembered by many people in Chorlton.Location;...
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Claude Road and a clue to the vanished Beech House
The date on this postcard of Claude Road is 1915 but the scene must be earlier.On the surface it seems an unremarkable image.It would look to be a morning perhaps in the holidays and the peace is...
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Starting on Upper Chorlton Road and exploring bits of Whalley Range
Carlton Road, 2016Once a very long time ago Upper Chorlton Road was the private road of Samuel Brooks who having bought the surrounding area in the mid 1830s set about creating an estate for the...
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The history of Eltham in just 20 objects ........Nu 4 a water trough chosen...
The challenge is to write a history of Eltham in just 20 objects which are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at random.Anyone who wants to nominate their own is free to do so, just...
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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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A park for new Chorlton, May 1892
It’s not much of a story really but it does point to the changes that had been taking place in Chorlton over the last two decades of the 19th century.Before the rapid development of housing in and...
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Just another day in St Ann’s Square...... June 2012 part 2
There always seems to be something going on in the square and this Saturday was no exception.Location; ManchesterPicture; Markets in St Ann’s Square
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Gateposts I wish I had known .......... down on Whalley Road
Gate post Edendale, 2016Now I may just have stumbled on a new series which will take the theme of street furniture in to a totally different place.Of course the purists may well object that gate posts...
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The history of Eltham in just 20 objects ........Nu 5, a royal palace and...
The challenge is to write a history of Eltham in just 20 objects which are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at random.Anyone who wants to nominate their own is free to do so, just...
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Summer days in south Manchester No 3 the Chorlton Peace Festival 1984
It is an event I have visited before, but it is well worth a second outing.*It was at the height of the second Cold War when there was a growing feeling that the world was a less safe...
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Looking for the story behind the that gate post on Withington Road
Once a long time ago on a day not unlike today the inhabitants of Alton Towers would pass these gateposts ready for what ever an evening at home might bring.Now Alton Towers has long gone although...
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Passing the time ............... waiting for a customer
An occasional series of pictures of people and places.Location; the Arndale Centre, 2015, ManchesterPictures; People & Places, the Arndale Centre, Manchester, 2015, from the collection of Andrew...
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The history of Eltham in just 20 objects ........Nu 6 a family photograph
The challenge is to write a history of Eltham in just 20 objects which are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at random.Anyone who wants to nominate their own is free to do so, just...
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