1950: Health and Housing in Salford
Stanley Horrocks, 1965 - Great Cheetham St East - Hightown - view from Oakhill Court
August 2023
Hodge Lane Wash House and Baths 1950’s
by Ros Sansom (née Dillon) The conveniences of modern-day living have transformed our lives and streamlined the mundane aspects of our daily living; particularly our bathing and laundry routines. It is hard to believe how much things have changed, especially when I compare it to how it used to be when I was a young […]
Transformations Of Silk Street
Many parts of Salford were profoundly transformed between the 1950s and mid-1970s, and changes continue today. This post is an ‘essay of images’ that locates some buildings along Silk Street on the changing maps. All images were found on the Digital Salford online databank of images. The blue numbers on the maps refer to the […]