The Modern Backdrop: Blog Posts - Page 5 of 8

February 24, 2023March 3, 2023

Exhibition Review: Capturing of the Modern Backdrop: Shirley Baker Photographing Salford

by Daniela Atzori and Laura Janicka If you haven't had the opportunity to see our Shirley Baker exhibiton in the Working Class Movement Library, please …

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February 24, 2023September 11, 2023

Higher Broughton: Development and Change

by Paul Dyson Photographs by Stanley Horrocks Higher Broughton has really been our family home. My sister and I lived there for most of our …

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February 10, 2023February 10, 2023

The Making of Modern Salford 1950-1975: Ideas and reality in Architecture, Planning and Housing

Invitation to a one-day workshop at the University of SalfordDate: Friday 24 March 2023, 9:30am – 5pmVenue: Maxwell Building, Room 413bFree event To book a …

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February 3, 2023September 11, 2023

“We Cannot Cling to the Old Dreams Anymore”: Exploring Post-War Change in Salford in Film & Television

This is guest post from Dr Jonny Smith, researcher and teaching assistant at the University of Manchester. Jonny’s research is primarily interested in British cinema …

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January 27, 2023January 25, 2023

Love on the Dole: A Personal Reaction

by Chris Hughes Chris Hughes is a graduate of the University of Salford and the University of Manchester, and a freelance political commentator, as the …

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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, 2023April 27, 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 9, 2022February 24, 2023

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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