Showing posts with label Salford in the 1890s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salford in the 1890s. Show all posts
Tuesday, 23 June 2026

Lost and forgotten streets of Salford ........... nu 55 standing on Greengate with the help of Mr Goad

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Now yesterday we were on Greengate in the winter of 1949 and today we have moved forward almost a full half century. Of course by now t...
Sunday, 14 September 2025

On Blackfriars Street in 1894

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We are on Blackfriars Street sometime at the beginning of April 1894. Now I can be pretty certain of that because our old friend Samuel...
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Thursday, 13 April 2023

In search of Worsley mysteries …….. two halls….. five old pictures and …. an enigmatic clue

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I am not a fan of those stories of mysterious and dark goings on in old halls, which at best leave the ghost of some tragic figure wandering...
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Tuesday, 1 December 2020

Doing Christmas ……… with the Manchester children’s charity …….. no. 1 ……The appeal

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A short series exploring in just one image a day the work of the Manchester and Salford Boys’ and Girls’ Refuges and Shelter over Christmas....
Wednesday, 23 January 2019

The Vine in Sale, the Ainscow Hotel on Trinity Way and a bit of a detective story

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Now it started with a picture of the Vine on Washway Road, and ended with the Ainscow Hotel on Trinity Way in Salford. The Vine, 2015...
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Friday, 11 January 2013

The Classic Slum, Salford stories from 1900

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When you get to my age whole swathes of your childhood landscape have gone. Many of the homes of friends have vanished under slum clea...