Since we started the Modern Backdrop project in April 2022, many of you have kindly shared with us your photographs of Salford ‘as it was’, showing terraced streets and housing before and during the demolition phase in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of these images feature you or your family and friends and they give […]
We are fascinated by the lost tradition of ‘donkey stoning’ and want to find a donkey stone to exhibit in our final project exhibition in Spring 2024. ‘Donkey stoning’ was the process of applying a wetted ‘donkey stone’ to the surface of front door steps, window sills and flags to help clean and enhance their […]
The first episode of Coronation Street was shown on Friday, 9th December 1960. A year later, on December 2nd 1961 the Observer published the article “The endless Street…” marvelling over the extraordinary success of the soap opera. According to the website Corriepedia on average, each episode had drawn more than 13 million viewers in front […]