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Month: January 2023

Posted on January 27, 2023January 25, 2023

Love on the Dole: A Personal Reaction

by Chris Hughes Chris Hughes is a graduate of the University of Salford and the University of Manchester, and a freelance political commentator, as the …

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Posted on January 20, 2023January 22, 2023

Leslie Holmes. Projects in Ordsall

Artist Leslie Holmes has lived in Ordsall for over 30 years recording the changing inner city landscape of Salford and Manchester. He is the project …

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Posted on January 13, 2023April 27, 2023

Exhibition opening – Capturing the Modern Backdrop: Shirley Baker photographing Salford

A reminder that from 20th January to 21st April 2023 we will be running a small exhibition of the work of the Salford-born social documentary …

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