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As part of the Modern Backdrop project we are carrying out oral history interviews with people who remember the changes that occurred to housing in …

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This week we are posting excerpts from an interview between Professor Miles Glendinning and another architect involved in the design and building of the Ellor …

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Extracts from an interview with the architect-planner Percy Johnson Marshall In this blog piece, we publish extracts from an interview between Professor Miles Glendinning and …

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This week we are featuring a guest blog from Professor Peter Walker, an architect and academic at the University of Salford. Tucked away inside Selina …

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Get your 2023 diaries and calendars at the ready! From 20th January to 21st April 2023 we will be running a small exhibition of the …

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Eddy Rhead of the Modernist Society has written our guest post for this week. Eddy writes about cinemas in Salford and specifically The Ambassador. For …

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Sarah Hardacre, a practicing artist with strong connections to Salford has written our guest post for this week. She has kindly allowed us to feature …

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This week we have another guest post by Dr Deborah Woodman from the University of Salford. One of the cornerstones of northern working-class life was …

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Walter Greenwood was not the only writer whose work has almost immortalized the link between Salford and the image of the ‘slum’.  Robert Roberts, born …

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