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Month: June 2023

Posted on June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

Haunted Memories. Part II

Growing Up in Sixties Salford by Brian M Clarke Part II of Brian Clarke’s unpublished book Haunted Memories is about his recollections on the rapid …

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Posted on June 16, 2023June 16, 2023

Haunted Memories. Part I

Growing Up in Sixties Salford by Brian M Clarke We are pleased to post a selection of pages from the unpublished book Haunted Memories by …

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Posted on June 9, 2023June 5, 2023

Looking for Bella

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, …

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Posted on June 5, 2023June 5, 2023

Conference: Urban Modernisation and Representations of the Working Class. 1950-1975

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 …

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