Now for anyone who still lives in Salford or regularly passes the landmarks of their youth there is that depressing feel that all is vanishing at a pace.
Of course many of the buildings are well passed their sell by date and some were pretty awful places to live or work in when they first went up a century and a bit ago.
But others, either through the cold climate of economic change, or neglect are empty and waiting for something to happen.
This as we all know may involve a developer in an office miles away, speculating on the gain to be made from a demolition job and the substitution of another tall block of flats/offices or shopping experience.
This is not to vilify developers, some of their projects do lift a run down area, and in the process provide jobs and make the place a little nicer.
Added to which there is that simple observation that the Victorian and Edwardian developers were equally ruthless when it came to new building projects which destroyed Tudor and Georgian properties.
So with all that in mind, and for those that don’t get back regularly here are three old favourites, from the camera of Andy Robertson.
He accompanied the pictures with the simple comment, “1 gone in 2016 Ye Old Nelson, 2 gone in 2017 Black Horse, 3 going in 2018? The Crescent”.
That said Pter tells me that the Black Horse will be back.
I do hope so.
Location Salford
Pictures; from the collection of Andy Robertson, 2016-2018
But others, either through the cold climate of economic change, or neglect are empty and waiting for something to happen.
This as we all know may involve a developer in an office miles away, speculating on the gain to be made from a demolition job and the substitution of another tall block of flats/offices or shopping experience.
Added to which there is that simple observation that the Victorian and Edwardian developers were equally ruthless when it came to new building projects which destroyed Tudor and Georgian properties.
So with all that in mind, and for those that don’t get back regularly here are three old favourites, from the camera of Andy Robertson.
That said Pter tells me that the Black Horse will be back.
I do hope so.
Location Salford
Pictures; from the collection of Andy Robertson, 2016-2018
Not too far away, The Black Friar is about to make a big comeback after a complete refurbishment.
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