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Posted on January 27, 2023January 25, 2023

Love on the Dole: A Personal Reaction

by Chris Hughes Chris Hughes is a graduate of the University of Salford and the University of Manchester, and a freelance political commentator, as the …

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Posted on December 2, 2022December 1, 2022

Phoebe Street shops

Michael Goodger, Window Cleaner Phoebe Street, Salford, 1967. NW Film Archives This street scene shows us not only another occupation in Salford but also several …

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Posted on November 18, 2022November 18, 2022

The 1952 Health Statistics of John Lancelot Burn

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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 …

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Posted on October 14, 2022August 12, 2022

Doorway Swing

Michael Goodger, Two kids on a doorway swing, Salford, 1967. NW Film Archives. These two kids seem slightly too old for this type of swing …

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Posted on September 30, 2022August 12, 2022

Salford Slum

Click on the sound file below to hear a clip from an interview that Micheal Goodger did with a resident who lived in Salford prior …

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Posted on September 23, 2022August 12, 2022

Disappearing Act

Between 1950 and 1952 several newspaper articles in The Manchester Guardian appeared that described the condition of houses in Salford. Among them is "Tremendous" Cost …

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Posted on September 16, 2022August 12, 2022

Rags and Bones

Michael Goodger, Rag and Bone Man, Salford, 1967. NW Film Archives This image is described as "Rag and Bone Man." He seems to have been …

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Posted on September 9, 2022September 13, 2022

Love on the Dole

‘They call this part “Hanky Park”’.  This was how the Salford-born writer Walter Greenwood opened his breakthrough novel Love on the Dole, published for the …

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Posted on August 26, 2022January 25, 2023

From Love on the Dole to Walter Greenwood Court

This is a guest post from Professor Chris Hopkins, Emeritus Professor of English from Sheffield Hallam University where he was Head of the Humanities Research …

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Posted on August 12, 2022December 5, 2022

Corner Shop

Michael Goodger, Corner Shop, Salford, 1967 Michael Goodger photographed this corner shop in 1967. It seems to have sold common household items and toys. What …

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