The Modern Backdrop: Blog Posts

A much belated Happy New Year to our readers. As we enter the final stage of the Modern Backdrop, work is underway to design and …

Continue reading "Shaping the Modern Backdrop – a co-curation event"

In Spring/Summer 2024 we will be holding our final project exhibition at Salford Museum and Art Gallery. To help us prepare to display the findings …

Continue reading "Help us curate our exhibition"

We are fascinated by the lost tradition of ‘donkey stoning’ and want to find a donkey stone to exhibit in our final project exhibition in …

Continue reading "All hail the donkey stone!"

The first episode of Coronation Street was shown on Friday, 9th December 1960. A year later, on December 2nd 1961 the Observer published the article …

Continue reading "The endless Street…"

The ‘knocker-up’ has really captivated us here at the Modern Backdrop HQ.  In this weeks’ blog post we are coming back to share our progress …

Continue reading "Have we found Bella?"

by Rosalind Edwards (University of Southampton) and Val Gillies (University of Westminster) Rosalind Edwards is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Southampton. This …

Continue reading "WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY LIFE IN 1960s SALFORD: THE TRINITY ESTATE"

Let us, however, be far sighted in our plans and not discard the desirable for the attainable – that which is right for that which …

Continue reading "1952: Twenty Year Development Programme for Salford"