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 …
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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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 …
Redevelopment in Salford 1960
REDEVELOPMENT IN SALFORD The Architects' Journal (Archive : 1929-2005); May 12, 1960; 130, 3395; Art & Architecture Archive pg. 722. This architectural model shows a development …
Slum Clearance
This photo from the Walter Greenwood Collection in the University of Salford Archives shows Hanky Park after the brick terraced homes were demolished. The church …
Wanted: Knocker-upper of Salford (1950s-1960s)
The Knocker-upper in this image was asked to wake people up before alarm clocks were commonly used. He would knock at bedroom windows with a …
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Salford old and new
What better way to picture the 'two faces' of Salford in the 1960s? On this photograph we see of the older, probably Victorian, terraced housing …
Rising from ashes?
This photo is from the University of Salford's Photographic Archive. It is one of a number of photos we have depicting the redevelopment of the …