Tanja Poppelreuter, Author at The Modern Backdrop

July 19, 2024July 23, 2024

Invisible Cities Event: Salford 77: A Documentary Photography Project

with Phil Portus Please join us for our second public talk with a photographer of Salford's 'slum' clearance and redevelopment during the 1960s and 70s. …

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July 12, 2024July 5, 2024

Invisible Cities Event: Slides of Salford, late 1960s to 1980s

with Don Rainger While the exhibition Invisible Cities is on show at the Salford Museum and Art Gallery, we are organising a couple of public …

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July 5, 2024July 5, 2024

Jeff Evans. The Power of the Archive

Public Talk at the Working Class Movement Library July 18, 2024, 5pm to 6:30pm As The Modern Backdrop is coming to an end, we are …

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July 5, 2024July 5, 2024

The Modern Backdrop won a Prize

We are very proud to announce the our two-year project The Modern Backdrop won the Best Community and Public Engagement Initiative-Prize at the Celebration of …

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June 21, 2024July 8, 2024

In the Face of Dwelling

People and houses in Salford between c1890 and 1970. Drawings and research by Laura Janicka This post is based on our exhibition that was on …

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June 12, 2024June 12, 2024

‘HOW TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR COMMUNITY…AND KEEP IT!’: THE STORY OF THE ELDONIAN VILLAGE, LIVERPOOL.

Free public Talk by Colin Stuhlfelder at the Working Class Movement Library, Salford. JUNE 20, 2024 5:00-6:30PM All welcome The research project The Modern Backdrop …

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June 7, 2024June 4, 2024

Invisible Cities – Exhibition Catalogue

The exhibition Invisible Cities will be open at the Salford Museum and Art Gallery until September 1, 2024. It is accompanied by an exhibition catalogue …

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January 28, 2024January 28, 2024

‘Going down the precinct’: Making and Remaking the Terraces of Salford

by Bill Longshaw I was lucky enough to meet Coronation Street creator Tony Warren when he opened my exhibition, ‘1962’ at the Lowry in 2002. …

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December 21, 2023December 22, 2023

In the Face of Dwelling

Photography Exhibition at the Working Class Movement Library Opening Event 25th January 4-6pm Join us on Thursday, 25th of January 4-6pm at the Working Class …

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October 8, 2023October 8, 2023

The endless Street…

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 …

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