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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Podcast: Friedrich Engels. The Condition of the Working Class in England, 1845
Today, we are posting a 'podcast' that is a reading from the book "The Condition of the Working Class in England" by Friedrich Engels. The …
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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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An urban trail
Browsing through the University of Salford's archives the other day I came across a booklet for an 'Ellor Street & Dock Ward Trail'. It was …
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 …