John Burke's a-Musings

I know! A full month without a post! You lucky people! But here I am again, having spent a number of weeks with my brother trying to get ...

We recently suffered a death in the family and it's fallen to my brother and I to sort out the estate and possessions. My Uncle Geoff h...

The Bridgewater canal was a marvel of engineering. Canals made it possible to transport people and goods long distances in an unheard of sh...

Dear diary... The week started with a train ride up to Bonnie Scotland. Edinburgh in fact. The train was packed with people lugging heav...

Imagine a world with no shopping malls, no indoor covered walkways and no supermarkets or hypermarkets. Yes, it's another nostalgia page...

Blackpool actually saw some snow the other day! It snowed big flakes and everything! For ten minutes! Wow... It didn't result in this...

The photos today are from 9 April 1998 and we were visiting Manchester. We came originally from Rochdale so Manchester, being the nearest la...

Well it goes without saying doesn't it? This was the view from my hotel window, first thing on Thursday as we prepared to introduce anot...

Yesterday we had a trip over to Manchester to meet up with the Metcalfes - that's Uncle D, Auntie B and Cuzzy Kate! I was really impress...