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Month: October 2022

Posted on October 28, 2022September 16, 2022

New Perceptions of Familiar Places

Please join us at the Salford Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday, 19th November 12noon, 1pm and 2pm. We are showcasing a video installation. New …

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Posted on October 26, 2022October 26, 2022

The Modern Backdrop presents two public talks:

Eve Blezard. An Estate of Mind: Resident memories of a community through timeJonny Smith. “We Cannot Cling to the Old Dreams Anymore”:  Exploring Post-War Change in …

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Posted on October 21, 2022October 14, 2022

The Classic Slum?

Walter Greenwood was not the only writer whose work has almost immortalized the link between Salford and the image of the ‘slum’.  Robert Roberts, born …

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Posted on October 14, 2022August 12, 2022

Doorway Swing

Michael Goodger, Two kids on a doorway swing, Salford, 1967. NW Film Archives. These two kids seem slightly too old for this type of swing …

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Posted on October 7, 2022September 16, 2022

Requesting Photos of Salford (1950-1975)

Family photo send by Diane Lingard An important part of our research project is to collect memories and private photographs of the transition of Salford …

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Posted on October 7, 2022September 22, 2022

The Changing Face of Salford: Michael Goodger’s film trilogy

In this guest post, Marion Hewitt, former Head of the North West Film Archive, discusses the background to The Changing Face of Salford, a film …

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