Among the houses built immediately after the Second World War were a number of temporary ones that utilised novel construction techniques and materials. In an earlier post, we located some sites on which Salford City Council built between 1944 and 1949. This post takes a closer look at the temporary houses built around Weaste Lane, […]
Among the 1940s housing schemes in Salford that were initiated or continued to being built after the Second World War was the ‘Duchy Estate.’ It is located between Duchy Road and Summerville Road. The estate would later become the home of Shelagh Delaney who lived at 77 Duchy Road during the 1950s. As with the […]
Between September 1944 and June 1949 – when John Lancelot Burn set in motion the first slum clearance programme after the Second World War – Salford undertook its first post-war housing scheme. The 1950s to 1970s slum clearance programme consisted in the first instance of the demolition of houses so that new houses could be […]
Growing Up in Sixties Salford by Brian M Clarke This final excerpt from Brian Clarke's Haunted Memories is set in 1970. It details his work as casual tiler on Fridays made possible due to new estates being built around Salford. Haunted Memories tells about a childhood and youth spent in Salford. Its streets, businesses, schools, […]