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December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

The Rise and Fall of Salford’s Super Cinema

An colour illustration of the Ambassador

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 …

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January 20, 2023January 22, 2023

Leslie Holmes. Projects in Ordsall

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 …

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January 13, 2023January 16, 2023

Exhibition opening – Capturing the Modern Backdrop: Shirley Baker photographing Salford

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 …

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December 23, 2022January 3, 2023

Shelagh Delaney and Cedric Price: Are you with me?

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 …

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December 16, 2022December 20, 2022

Exhibition announcement – Capturing the Modern Backdrop: Shirley Baker photographing Salford

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 …

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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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November 27, 2022November 27, 2022

New Perceptions of Familiar Places

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 …

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November 18, 2022November 18, 2022

The 1952 Health Statistics of John Lancelot Burn

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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November 11, 2022November 15, 2022

‘A Woman’s Place…’

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 …

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November 4, 2022November 7, 2022

Pubs, Brewers and the 1960s Slum Clearance in Salford

This week we have another guest post by Dr Deborah Woodman from the University of Salford. One of the cornerstones of northern working-class life was …

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