Growing Up in Sixties Salford by Brian M Clarke Part II of Brian Clarke’s unpublished book Haunted Memories is about his recollections on the rapid changes unfolding in Salford during the 1960s. While Part 1 was describing the excitement, concern and wonder of a young boy about moving house – who wouldn’t have like a […]
Growing Up in Sixties Salford by Brian M Clarke We are pleased to post a selection of pages from the unpublished book Haunted Memories by Brian Clarke about his memories of experiences in Salford during the 1960s. It was fascinating to learn that the inspiration for this book was the screening of the documentary The […]
A while ago, we had posted the image below. It is in our Walter Greenwood collection and shows the knocker-upper at work at Moss Side, Manchester. I am returning to this earlier blog, because during a guided tour of Lark Hill Place – the exhibit at the Salford Museum and Art Gallery – our guide […]
On the 25th and 26th of May we run a conference on ‘slum’ clearance and redevelopment schemes and ways in which members of the working class were represented in visual culture between c1950 and 1975. We had speakers presenting their research from across Europe. In five sessions, synergies became apparent on how media supported perceptions […]