Invitation to a one-day workshop at the University of SalfordDate: Friday 24 March 2023, 9:30am – 5pmVenue: Maxwell Building, Room 413bFree event To book a place follow this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-making-of-modern-salford-1950-1975-ideas-and-reality-tickets-538793384517 This is the second workshop as part of the research project The Modern Backdrop: Memories of Salford. In this workshop we will be investigating how the ideas, […]
This is guest post from Dr Jonny Smith, researcher and teaching assistant at the University of Manchester. Jonny’s research is primarily interested in British cinema with a particular focus on architecture, regionality and placemaking. In April 2022 he completed his PhD at the University of Manchester examining the representation and utilisation of Brutalist architecture in […]
Artist Leslie Holmes has lived in Ordsall for over 30 years recording the changing inner city landscape of Salford and Manchester. He is the project manager at Salford Lads Club and has created projects, with schools and community groups, looking at the past and present. He was lead artist at Ordsall Community Arts from 1996 […]
A reminder that from 20th January to 21st April 2023 we will be running a small exhibition of the work of the Salford-born social documentary photographer, Shirley Baker at the Working Class Movement Library in Salford. The exhibition will focus on the way in which the change to the built environment of Salford from ‘slum’ […]
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 Todd’s brilliant Tastes of Honey: The making of Shelagh Delaney and a cultural revolution[1] is a reference to the long relationship she enjoyed with Cedric Price, to whom she was […]
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 work of the Salford-born social documentary photographer, Shirley Baker at the Working Class Movement Library in Salford. The exhibition will focus on the way in which the change to the […]
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 some it might bring back memories, for others it casts a light on a golden age of cinema architecture. Feel free to share your comments. At the height of their […]
On November 19th, 2022 the Salford Museum and Art Gallery hosted the video and sound installation with poetry “New Perceptions of Familiar Places.” The event was part of the national Being Human festival. “New Perceptions of Familiar Places” takes us for walks in Salford and several other cities. Below is the video and review of […]
John Lancelot Burn (1902-1973) was the Medical Officer of Health for Salford between 1941 and 1969. He was an innovative and widely published physician. Among his accomplishments were the opening of an anti-smoking clinic, the development of mental health services, and the implementation of a free annual medical check for all citizens. Burn was also […]
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 example of her work which is a real treat. Enjoy! Salford is where I made my home in the late 1990s, when I moved from the rural hills of the […]
