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I have focussed almost entirely on events of 100 years ago. For the most part, they are the stories of ordinary people and as well as adding some flesh to the bones of family history, I also hope they give a flavour of what life was like a century ago. Please note, these pages are not a complete transcript of every edition — I just don't have that much time.

They are the stories that catch my eye that I then copy to transcribe at leisure. Most are full transcripts, others are edited and I am pleased to say that they have proved useful to many people involved in family research, not least myself.

I am in my fifth year of doing this, so you can find entries for 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904. There are also specials, a miscellany of items.

If you think you spot someone familiar, let me know and I will provide more detail if I have it, or suggest other avenues of enquiry.

1904
The new Local Studies Library reopened in its new home on 14 March 2005. However, it has changed its policies on the use of microfilm readers. In a nutshell, I used to book the reader/printer for an hour, copy off what I wanted and then transcribed them later. Under the new system, you can only book the manual machines. The reader/printers are left free and you have to swap over when you've found what you want. That just wouldn't work for me, so I'm sorry to say that they will be no more Yesterdays for the foreseeable future. Ian
31 Dec	24 Dec	15 Oct	8 Oct	1 Oct	24 Sep	17 Sep	10 Sep
3 Sep	27 Aug	20 Aug	13 Aug	6 Aug	30 Jul	23 Jul	16 Jul
9 Jul	2 Jul	25 Jun	18 Jun	11 Jun	4 Jun	28 May	21 May
14 May	7 May	30 Apr	23 Apr	16 Apr	9 Apr	2 Apr	26 Mar
19 Mar	12 Mar	5 Mar	27 Jan	20 Feb	13 Feb	6 Feb	30 Jan
23 Jan	16 Jan	9 Jan	2 Jan
1903
26 Dec	19 Dec	12 Dec	5 Dec	28 Nov	21 Nov	14 Nov	7 Nov
31 Oct	24 Oct	17 Oct	10 Oct	3 Oct	26 Sep	19 Sep	12 Sep
5 Sep	29 Aug	22 Aug	15 Aug	8 Aug	1 Aug	25 Jul	18 Jul
11 Jul	4 Jul	27 Jun	20 Jun	13 Jun	6 Jun	30 May	23 May
16 May	9 May	2 May	25 Apr	18 Apr	11 Apr	4 Apr	28 Mar
21 Mar	14 Mar	7 Mar	28 Feb	21 Feb	14 Feb	7 Feb	31 Jan
24 Jan	17 Jan	10 Jan	3 Jan
1902
Apologies for the gap here. Transcribing the stories is time-consuming and life was very busy for me at this point, both professionally and at home. Not least was the re-building of my website which took a good three months. Catching up would take more commitment than I possess!
30 Aug	23 Aug	12 Jul	5 Jul	14 Jun	7 Jun	31 May	24 May
10 May	26 Apr	19 Apr	12 Apr	5 Apr	29 Mar	22 Machr	15 Mar
8 Mar	1 Mar	22 Feb	15 Feb	8 Feb	1 Feb	25 Jan	18 Jan
11 Jan	4 Jan
1901
28 Dec	21 Dec	14 Dec	7 Dec	30 Nov	23 Nov	16 Nov	9 Nov
2 Nov	26 Oct	19 Oct	12 Oct	5 Oct	28 Sep	21 Sep	14 Sep
7 Sep	31 Aug	24 Aug	17 Aug	10 Aug	3 Aug	27 Jul	20 Jul
13 Jul	6 Jul	29 Jun	22 Jun	15 Jun	8 Jun	1 Jun	25 May
18 May	11 May	4 May	27 Apr	20 Apr	13 Apr	6 Apr	30 Mar
23 Mar	16 Mar	9 Mar	2 Mar	23 Feb	16 Feb	9 Feb	2 Feb
26 Jan	19 Jan	12 Jan	5 Jan
1900
22 Dec	15 Dec	8 Dec	1 Dec	24 Nov	17 Nov	10 Nov	20 Oct
6 Oct	20 Oct	6 Oct	22 Sep	15 Sep	8 Sep	1 Sep	25 Aug
18 Aug	22 Jul	15 Jul	15 Jun	8 Jun	1 Jun	25 May	18 May

Specials
Ashton Parish Church	Dukinfield Tragedy	Shooting	Whitsuntide
Poultry Swindle	Hartshead	Meschia Extra	Recipes
More Recipes	Bardsley I	Bardsley II	Bardsley IV
Glossop	Hurst Recollections I	Hurst Recollections II	Hurst Recollections III
Miscellaneous	Barmaid	Separation Order	Oddfellows
Anti-Vaccinators	St Peter's History	Breach of Promise	Haunting in Ashton
More Hauntings	Jowett's Walk	"Skeerin'	Bygone Gorton
Ward Brothers	Gorton Past	Reminiscences of Dukinfield from 1837