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On almost discovering another chapter in the story of a British Home Children...
I had forgotten the frustrations that come with searching for a relative, especially when that relative was in Canada and quite clearly did not want to be found.Places I know he was ......... Nova...
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“How good you Sisters are to us”* ......... stories behind the book nu 13...
An occasional series on the stories behind the new book on Manchester and the Great War.*Miss Bowser, date unknownI wish I could have met Miss Ida Thelka Bowser. She was born in 1873, served with the...
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When we had our aerodrome
There are always more stories to tell, and I think it’s time for one on our own aerodrome.I first came across Hough End Aerodrome while reading articles by Nora Templar* who lived at Dog House Farm for...
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Looking through a glass window ................... nu 1 passing through the...
I like Piccadilly Railway Station and never tire of watching people pass through the place.Location; ManchesterPicture; looking at the railway station, 2007 from the collection of Andrew Simpson
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Paris ................ a long time ago
It was one of those short breaks to Paris which coincided with my first proper camera, a Pentax K1000, SLR.So good was the camera that I bought a second a few months later.I continue to have a strong...
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One hundred years of one house in Well Hall part 5 living through the Great War
Our house in 2014The centenary of the Progress Estate has passed. Now we can lay claim to about thirty of those 100 years having moved in to 294 Well Hall Road in the middle of 1964 but I gave seldom...
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Me, a camera and bits of the City I like .............. nu 1 Cafe Nero
Now all these pictures have already appeared but that has never stopped me wanting to use them all over again to explore my CityLocation; ManchesterPicture, Cafe Nero, Cross Street, 2006, from the...
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Working together to reveal the stories behind our British Home Children
I wonder what my great uncle Roger would make of the search to find him.William Henry Hall, circa 1930, grandadHe was born in Birmingham in 1898 arrived in Canada as a British Home Child in 1914 and...
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So why was the man in the square wearing a crown of laurel leaves?
Now I have no idea why the man was wearing a crown of laurel leaves but we were in Italy where victorious chariot drivers were awarded with laurel leaves.Of course I never went over to ask and I wish I...
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A shop before its time and a family search abandoned
It was one of those shops which with its quirky concept and interesting objects should have done well on Beech Road.Take an everyday object past its sell by date and no use to any one and turn it into...
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One hundred years of one house in Well Hall part 6 ........... winter in 294
This is the continuing story of one house in Well Hall Road and of the people who lived there including our family.*Now I can’t remember which wintry scene this will have been but I am guessing it will...
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Me, a camera and bits of the City I like ..............Nu 2 Castlefield
Now all these pictures have already appeared but that has never stopped me wanting to use them all over again to explore my City.Location, Castlefield, ManchesterPicture; Castlefield, 2003, from the...
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The singer, some ballroom dancers and that song .......... Sunday afternoon...
Now I don't as a rule pass judgement on the telly in the country we are staying.After all if you don't live there all the year around then there is a lot you miss and drawing conclusions on a few hours...
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One hundred years of one house in Well Hall part 7 ........... celebrating...
294 Well Hall Road, 2014This isthe continuing story of one house in Well Hall Road and of the people who lived there including our family.*Now I have to say that I didn’t celebrate that many New Years...
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Me, a camera and bits of the City I like ..............Nu 3 Castlefield
Now all these pictures have already appeared but that has never stopped me wanting to use them all over again to explore my City.Location, Castlefield, ManchesterPicture; Castlefield, 2003, from the...
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Looking for the story of Graeme House and that Chorlton Shopping Precinct
Graeme House and Safeway, 1971We don’t do recent history very well.I guess it is simply because we take it for granted and don’t even see it as history.Added to which it is sometimes quite difficult to...
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“the herald of a better day”* ......... stories behind the book nu 14 ........
SawAn occasional series on the stories behind the new book on Manchester and the Great War*I am guessing that this picture postcard sold well. There are four from the collection and two contain...
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Saving the odd old road sign ....................... another street furniture...
Well it had to happen ............. the one bit of street furniture I have consistently ignored, so here is the start of a series on the humble road sign.I say road sign because as everyone one knows,...
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Me, a camera and bits of the City I like ..............Nu 4 Castlefield
Now all these pictures have already appeared but that has never stopped me wanting to use them all over again to explore my City.Location, Castlefield, ManchesterPicture; Castlefield, 2003, from the...
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One hundred years of one house in Well Hall part 8 ........... shared...
294 in 2014This is the continuing story of one house in Well Hall Road and of the people who lived there including our family.*Now had we still lived at 294 I am sure we would have enjoyed the...
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