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Posted on:March 4, 2020March 11, 2020Langley Locations

Langley Overspill – Middleton Library photo’s

Above are some photos that we found in the archives at Middleton Library of the Langley overspill. As you can see, the library has a fantastic range of documents detailing the history of Langley and the growth of a community. We used these photographs in one of our workshops at Burnside Community Centre and asked […]

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Posted on:December 18, 2019October 18, 2020Darnhill

Atholl Drive

This brilliant picture was kindly shared with us by Sharon Burton,

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Posted on:November 5, 2019October 18, 2020Langley

Photos from the Archives: Langley

A selection of photos from Manchester’s archives. With thanks to Archives + for permission to reproduce them here:

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Posted on:September 19, 2019October 18, 2020Darnhill Locations

Darnhill 2019: photographs by Xylo

By William Frank at XYLO

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Posted on:March 27, 2019October 18, 2020Langley Locations

Langley 2019: Photos by xylo

By William Frank at XYLO

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