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At the Tower of London in the summer of 1955 and other childhood memories
Outside the Tower with Nana, 1955I can’t say I remember this day at the Tower of London.It would have been I think in the summer of 1955 and Nana would have been on one of her all too infrequent visits...
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The history of Eltham in a day .......... less a competition more a...
Earlier today I was reflecting on where in the twin cities of Manchester and SalfordI would take my friend Susan who will be arriving from Canada in June.*That said she is only here for a day and a bit...
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The history of the twin cities in a day .......... less a competition more a...
So what do you show a Canadian who is visiting Manchester and Salford for the first time?Down in Castlefied, 2003My friend Susan is on one of those amazing tours which will take in shed loads of places...
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The all time iconic buildings of where we live .................. what are they?
Now on this very wet day I have been thinking of what building I would nominate as my all time iconic building.The rules are simple enough as I grew up in Peckham and went to school in New Cross and...
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The Islington Mill
In 2016Now the Islington Mill has fared better than most.It is according to one source, “the name commonly used to refer to the collection of nineteenth and early twentieth century buildings that...
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Pictures of Eltham I wish I had taken ................ down by the Palace
You can never get enough pictures of Eltham and so here is one from Ryan which he sent up to me yesterday.For those of us who left Eltham a long time ago pictures like this one are a link with where we...
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A ghost sign from a shop we will all remember ............ F W Woolworths
Now the thing about ghost signs is that you assume they will all be very old.And as a general rule that is in the case.Many of those still just about with us date from the 19th or early 20th centuries...
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Remembering the Somme ................ a century on
A century ago we had reached the midpoint in the Great War.In the May of 1916 military conscription was extended to include married men, the British and German fleets met for the big standoff that was...
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The Kickety Brook, Stretford, once a vital part of our flood defences
I first walked the Kickety Brook with my old botanist friend, David Bishop.It doesn’t look much but it was vital in its day for protecting the Duke’s Canal at Stretford.The Canal dates from the 1760s...
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Walking across the twin cities ............ part two
Earlier in the week I began reflecting on where I would take my friend Susan who will be visiting from Canada in June.I also asked for alternatives and here are the first four from Marion, Bill, Val...
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Another iconic building from my youth
Now yesterday I suggested some of the the all time iconic buildings of my bit of south east London.*I started with the swimming baths at Laurie Grove, the telephone exchange and Health Centre on St...
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Looking in on Salford
Now here are two buildings I never clocked until recently. We were parked up just over the bridge waiting, and beyond the rather nondescript car park and above the railway viaduct I was drawn to these...
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In the High Street with Ryan looking for Mr Fry
I always like it when I can revisit a bit of the High Street.Now given that I live in the North that is a tad more difficult than when I lived on Well Hall Road.So here courtesy of Ryan is a building...
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Oswald Field, five cottages, a slice of rural Chorlton, and a bit of a...
I think this will be the last of the stories on Oswald Field.Over the last few days I have walked its field boundary, explored the five cottages and tried to discover something of the people who lived...
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The lost pub, the story of a family and lots of fine photographs ............
Now there are those who still deride social media as a place to announce to the world the new handbag purchase, the failed bin collection or the next trend in breakfasts.But that would be to overlook...
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Looking for the link between young Clarie and the Accrington Pals
Now this is someone I will never be able to put a name to.Nor can I date the photograph or have any confidence in saying where it was taken.But I think there may be a clue in the cap badge which while...
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At Pomona Docks one wet August day
Nothing quite prepares you for the sheer size of Pomoma Docks.It is a place I haven’t explored and so I am grateful that Andy Robertson went off with his camera and wandered across the derelict place a...
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A day out with Mrs Fisher and friends
Now here is another of Ken Fisher’s pictures, from a collection featuring his grandmother.I have no idea when or where the photograph was taken but it captures perfectly a day out sometime in the...
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All you ever wanted to know about Eltham's history but never knew who to ask
Eltham has a rich and varied history ranging from a medieval palace and Tudor Barn, some fine old houses, the historic Progress Estate and the impressive Sevendroog Castle high on Castle Woods.All of...
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Standing in front of the Rivoli on Barlow Moor Road sometime in 1936
Now I can’t be certain when this photograph of the Rivoli on Barlow Moor Road was taken but given that the cinema opened in November 1936 and closed because of bomb damage four years later it will be...
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