Conference: Urban Modernisation and Representations of the Working Class. 1950-1975
On the 25th and 26th of May we run a conference on 'slum' clearance and redevelopment schemes and ways in which members of the working …
The men and pubs of Hanky Park
This week we feature a guest post from Eddy Rhead of the Modernist Society written as a response to a news clip on Hanky Park …
Memories Workshop
Last month we held a small in person workshop at the Working Class Movement Library with some of our oral history interviewees. We wanted to …
Event: A Taste of Honey, 1961. Screening at the Working Class Movement Library on May 25th
"A Taste of Honey" tells the story Jo, of a teenage girl who must manage on her own after her mother remarries and abandons her. …
Representations & Perceptions of Salford
by Chris Hughes Chris Hughes is a graduate of the University of Salford and the University of Manchester, and a freelance political commentator, and founder …
Take part in our oral history interviews to share your memories
As part of the Modern Backdrop project we are carrying out oral history interviews with people who remember the changes that occurred to housing in …
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‘They were anxious to get on and get redevelopment going’
This week we are posting excerpts from an interview between Professor Miles Glendinning and another architect involved in the design and building of the Ellor …
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‘We tried to help them make Salford as good as it could be’
Extracts from an interview with the architect-planner Percy Johnson Marshall In this blog piece, we publish extracts from an interview between Professor Miles Glendinning and …
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The Reverend Stanley Horrocks (1922-2005)
by Paul Dyson Photograph above: Stanley Horrocks, St James Church, Higher Broughton, 1977 Recently, we posted an article by Paul Dyson on his memories of …
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Review of our workshop: Slums, Slum Clearance, and Slum Dweller in Britain (1950-1975)
by Daniela Atzori and Laura Janicka Photograph: Michael Goodger, Back yard, 1969. The event took place on Friday the 20th of January. We were welcomed with hot …