The Classic Slum?
Walter Greenwood was not the only writer whose work has almost immortalized the link between Salford and the image of the ‘slum’. Robert Roberts, born …
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 …
Requesting Photos of Salford (1950-1975)
Family photo send by Diane Lingard An important part of our research project is to collect memories and private photographs of the transition of Salford …
The Changing Face of Salford: Michael Goodger’s film trilogy
In this guest post, Marion Hewitt, former Head of the North West Film Archive, discusses the background to The Changing Face of Salford, a film …
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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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