Lockdown day #74

This morning I started to move the book cases in the flat, ready for the new furniture arriving on Tuesday.  I chose the wrong day to do it, as today we very hot, and it proved to be very tiring work.  Just a few bits to sort out on Monday, and I will be ready for the men on Tuesday.

I then booked Manchester City Council to take away the old bookcase - but the earliest day is 10 June - so I will have over a week with that book case in the way.  It will be a relief when it goes.

I took  myself to the park - it was hot and sunny and several men were walking around with bare chests (including some that shouldn't have been).  I decided to reread a book "The Chronicles of a Harpurhey Lad" and there are some nuggets in there to aid my research. 

I downloaded a report from 1966 about Harpurhey - with the legalistic title of "Development Area 4 Harpurhey Outline Planning Brief" which transformed the area into largely as we know it today - and poured over a map of the north part of the area in 1915 - giving me clues for further digging.

I rounded off the evening with the film about Margaret Thatcher called "The Iron Lady".