by Rosalind Edwards (University of Southampton) and Val Gillies (University of Westminster) Rosalind Edwards is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Southampton. This blog post is related to her research that focusses on family lives and policies concerning family. It discusses a fascinating diary by Pat Marsden, wife of the sociologist Dennis Marsden. […]
Let us, however, be far sighted in our plans and not discard the desirable for the attainable – that which is right for that which is expedient. S. C. Hamburger Chairman of Building and Development committee, February 1952. In 1952 the City Council published the abridged version of its 20-year development plan drafted by the […]
Stanley Horrocks, 1965 - Great Cheetham St East - Hightown - view from Oakhill Court
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Growing Up in Sixties Salford by Brian M Clarke Part II of Brian Clarke’s unpublished book Haunted Memories is about his recollections on the rapid changes unfolding in Salford during the 1960s. While Part 1 was describing the excitement, concern and wonder of a young boy about moving house – who wouldn’t have like a […]