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Month: August 2022

Posted on August 26, 2022January 25, 2023

From Love on the Dole to Walter Greenwood Court

This is a guest post from Professor Chris Hopkins, Emeritus Professor of English from Sheffield Hallam University where he was Head of the Humanities Research …

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Posted on August 19, 2022August 13, 2022

An urban trail

Browsing through the University of Salford's archives the other day I came across a booklet for an 'Ellor Street & Dock Ward Trail'. It was …

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Posted on August 12, 2022December 5, 2022

Corner Shop

Michael Goodger, Corner Shop, Salford, 1967 Michael Goodger photographed this corner shop in 1967. It seems to have sold common household items and toys. What …

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