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Author & Introduction
Acknowledgements
Section 1: Early Years to 1918
1700s
Map of Didsbury in the 18th Century
Area of the Estate in the 18th Century
Geology
1800s
Ford Bank House
Birley Family at Ford Bank, 1824-58
Ashton Family at Ford Bank, 1858-98
Early 1900s
Plan of Estate & Ford Bank House
Heald's Dairy at Ford Bank
Henry Simon & Simon's Bridge
OS Map, 1907
Other Aspects
Section 2: 1919-49
1920s
Dr Levinstein
Ford Bank House
Simon's Bridge
Ford Lane
The White House
Aerial Photos
1930s
Manchester Guardian
Photos, 1934
Posters
Plan, 1937
New Houses & Roads
Layout of Houses
Lansdowne House
1939-49
World War 2, 1939-45
Ford Bank Farm
Rural Scenes
Church Site
Toc H RUFC
Didsbury Show, 1949
Section 3: 1950-59
Post-War Building
Houses
Harefield Drive
Granville Gardens
Plan of Estate, 1956
Life in the 1950s
Home Life
Rag and Bone Man
Coal Deliveries
Milk Deliveries
Refuse Collections
Newspaper Deliveries
Deliveries by Bicycles
Medical Practice
Tudor Cinema
Miscellaneous
Lord & Lady Simon, Broomcroft Hall
Lord & Lady Simon, Broomcroft Hall
Photos, late 1950s
Fordbank Road
Lansdowne House
The White House
Holt House
Highfield
Section 4: 1960-99
1960s
Floods
Ford Lane
Granville Gardens
1970s
Spring Gardens
Holt House
45 Spath Road
Dene Road
Springdale Gardens
Major Raffles
1980s
Dene House & Dene Park
Nazarene College
Aerial Photos
Andrew Murray, Golfer
1990s
Flood, 1991
Oasis, 1994
Filming on Fordbank Road, 1999
Section 5: 2000-17
2000-12
Snow Scenes, 2010
Home Watch
Dene Road
Deneford Road
Fordbank Road
Ford Lane
Granville Gardens
Harefield Drive
Spath Road
Springdale Gardens
Victoria Avenue
Westmorland Road
Whitehaven Gardens
Woodford Gardens
Didsbury Sports Ground
2012-17
Ford Bank Residents' Association
Dene Road Resurfacing, 2014
Filming on Westmorland Road, 2014
Ford Lane Resurfacing, 2015
Miscellaneous
Queen's 90th Birthday
Grassy Knoll, Ford Lane
Gas Pipe Works, 2017
Changing Hut Remains
Section 6: 2018-21
2019
Resurfacing Granville Gardens and part of Harefield Drive
Flood Basin Notice
Ford Lane: Wooden Posts
Music Recital
2020
Ford Lane: Wall
Fordbank Road: Pavements
Refuse & Roadside Trees
COVID-19 Pandemic
75th Anniversary of VE Day
Granville Gardens: Pizza & Concert
Dene Road: Pavement Tarmacking
Miscellaneous
2021
Flood, Jan 2021
Road Repair Work, Feb 2021
Communication Boxes
Down in the Woods
Didsbury Sports Ground
Bradley Fold Allotments
Dene Road Traffic Measures
Miscellaneous
Section 7: 2022-24
2022
Flood, Feb 2022
Ford Lane Car Park
River Bank Work
Dene Road Safety Scheme
Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Road Surface Repairs
Ford Lane
2023
Ford Lane
Coronation
Pavement Work
Pillar Box
Miscellaneous
2024
Ford Lane
Fordbank Road
Dene Road
Miscellaneous
Section 8: 2025 - A Year in the Life of the Estate
Introduction
Part 1: The Great Flood, New Year's Day 2025
The Great Flood
Flood & Effects
Allotments
Helicopter Operation
Other Aspects
Part 2: Jan - April
Fordbank Road
Ford Lane
Whitehaven Gardens
Deneford Road
Springdale Gardens
Dene Road
Woodford Gardens
Part 3: May - July
VE Day Celebrations
Miscellaneous
River Bank Rebuilding
Ford Lane
Spath Road
Dene Road
Fordbank Road
Part 4: Aug - Sept
August
Fordbank Road Speed Lights
Ford Lane Maintenance Work
Hire Bike
Police Horses
River Bank Progress
Stenner Lane Crossing
Northenden Boat Race
Fordbank Road - Machinery
Comedy Festival, DSG
Dene Road
September
Harefield Drive Solar Panels
Roadsweeper
River Bank Views
La Chouquette
Pulling Power
Fire Hydrants
Part 5: Oct - Dec
October
River Bank
Ford Lane
Poplar Avenue
Vans
Harefield Drive
Allotments - Cabin
Ford Lane - New Fencing
Observations
Deneford Road
Fordbank Road
November
RHS Awards
Flood Alert
Harefield Drive
Ford Lane Hedge Cutting
Junction of Harefield Drive & Fordbank Road
December
New Gate Signage, BFA
River Bank Operations
Fordbank Road
Christmas Illuminations
Ford Bank Estate
Harefield Drive Solar Panels
Solar panels on Harefield Drive, September 2025
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