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 in the background seems to be St Paul’s church. The photo was probably taken around 1965. What makes the atmosphere so eerie are the chalk drawings on the pavement next […]
The Knocker-upper in this image was asked to wake people up before alarm clocks were commonly used. He would knock at bedroom windows with a long stick or use a pea shooter so that people would be able to go to work on time. It seems that this service was mostly offered by older men […]
What better way to picture the ‘two faces’ of Salford in the 1960s? On this photograph we see of the older, probably Victorian, terraced housing directly facing its modern counterpart. This photo is from the University’s Changing Face of Salford Archive, which was a film made by Michael Goodger, a lecturer at the University, about […]
This photo is from the University of Salford’s Photographic Archive. It is one of a number of photos we have depicting the redevelopment of the Ellor Street and Unwin Street area in the 1960s. The perspective is really interesting in this photo. The church – probably built in the 19th century – is almost sandwiched […]