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 …
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 …
Phoenix, UK100 and Tarran: Temporary prefabricated houses in Salford after the Second World War
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 …
Duchy Estate and Laing Easiform
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 …
Salford’s housing programmes, 1944 to 1949
Between September 1944 and June 1949 - when John Lancelot Burn set in motion the first slum clearance programme after the Second World War - …
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Haunted Memories. Part III
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 …
Haunted Memories. Part II
Growing Up in Sixties Salford by Brian M Clarke Part II of Brian Clarke’s unpublished book Haunted Memories is about his recollections on the rapid …
Looking for Bella
A while ago, we had posted the image below. It is in our Walter Greenwood collection and shows the knocker-upper at work at Moss Side, …
Conference: Urban Modernisation and Representations of the Working Class. 1950-1975
On the 25th and 26th of May we run a conference on 'slum' clearance and redevelopment schemes and ways in which members of the working …
The men and pubs of Hanky Park
This week we feature a guest post from Eddy Rhead of the Modernist Society written as a response to a news clip on Hanky Park …