Andrew Simpson: Walking four hundred years of Chorlton’s history

Andrew Simpson: Walking four hundred years of Chorlton’s history: Just over four hundred years ago the Mosley family finished their grand new family home at Hough End Hall. And to celebrate that event ...

Andrew Simpson: Hough End Hall .......... the book.......... comi...

Andrew Simpson: Hough End Hall .......... the book.......... comi...: I do wonder what Sir Nicholas Mosley would have thought about a book dedicated to the home he built just 419 years ago. More so because...

Andrew Simpson: So what would Hough End Hall have looked like in 1...

Andrew Simpson: So what would Hough End Hall have looked like in 1...: Sadly not a lot of images of Hough End Hall have come down to us. There are a few in the digital archive,* a variety of postcards and...

Hardy Productions UK Blog: Filming in 4K for Hough End Hall, Chorlton-cum-Har...

Hardy Productions UK Blog: Filming in 4K for Hough End Hall, Chorlton-cum-Har...: Anyone who has been living in Chorlton-cum-Hardy and indeed, Withington or Didsbury, all in the southern part of Manchester, will be aware...

Andrew Simpson: Remembering Hough End Hall part two

I am looking forward to turning some of the Black & white pictures of Hough End Hall into paintings as a project which is part of Andrew's and my book Hough End Hall. The Story.

 Andrew Simpson: Remembering Hough End Hall part two: Hough End Hall continues to be a puzzle.   The Hall in 1924 Given that it has stood on the edge of Chorlton since 1596 there is very...

Andrew Simpson: Inside Hough End Hall, ..........the start of an a...

Andrew Simpson: Inside Hough End Hall, ..........the start of an a...: In the garden with the Lomas children circa 1900 I am off on one of those adventures into the past and am not really sure where it will...

Andrew Simpson: The Salutation gives up some of its secrets

Andrew Simpson: The Salutation gives up some of its secrets: The Salutation, 2014 Now I came very late to the Salutation. In fact despite knowing about it for a full four decades I went there fo...