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Month: April 2022

Posted on April 12, 2022June 14, 2022

Slum Clearance

This photo from the Walter Greenwood Collection in the University of Salford Archives shows Hanky Park after the brick terraced homes were demolished. The church …

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Posted on April 12, 2022August 16, 2022

Wanted: Knocker-upper of Salford (1950s-1960s)

The Knocker-upper in this image was asked to wake people up before alarm clocks were commonly used. He would knock at bedroom windows with a …

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Posted on April 12, 2022June 14, 2022

Salford old and new

What better way to picture the 'two faces' of Salford in the 1960s? On this photograph we see of the older, probably Victorian, terraced housing …

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Posted on April 12, 2022June 14, 2022

Rising from ashes?

This photo is from the University of Salford's Photographic Archive. It is one of a number of photos we have depicting the redevelopment of the …

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Recent Posts

  • ‘They were anxious to get on and get redevelopment going’
  • ‘We tried to help them make Salford as good as it could be’
  • The Reverend Stanley Horrocks (1922-2005)
  • Review of our workshop: Slums, Slum Clearance, and Slum Dweller in Britain (1950-1975) 
  • Exhibition Review: Capturing of the Modern Backdrop: Shirley Baker Photographing Salford

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