Category: History
Salford’s Grade II-listed Peel Building set for major upgrade
Salford University’s oldest and most historically-interesting building is set for a major upgrade. The Peel Building on the Crescent was Grade-II listed in 1974....
100 years ago in Salford: Swinton women’s violent quarrel ends in jail
Violence in the home is sadly nothing new, but as this court case from July 1915 shows, so-called ‘ladies’ from Swinton were not averse to knocking lumps out...
50 years ago in Salford: Police baffled by 5ft shark found in alleyway
SalfordOnline.com has reported some unusual stories over the years but this piece from 50 years ago today must surely take some beating. Readers may remember when...
100 years ago in Salford: Poison gas explosion at Greengate rubber mill
100 years ago today Salford firefighters faced a potential disaster when a huge green poison gas cloud erupted from a blaze at the Isidor Frankenburg and Sons rubber...
Watch: Old Salford: Rare 115-year-old video shows workers leaving Howarth’s Mill, Ordsall Lane, Salford
Hundreds of workers stream out of the gates of Howarth’s Mill on Ordsall Lane in Salford in this incredible piece of video footage from 115 years ago. Please...
100 years ago in Eccles: Mobs riot and ransack town over Lusitania sinking
It is exactly 100 years ago today that the RMS Lusitania was sunk off the coast of Ireland by a German submarine with the loss of 1,198 men, women and children. This act...
50 years ago in Eccles: Dockers flee for their lives as 3,000-tonne tanker catches fire
In June 1965 the people of Eccles witnessed one of the most epic disasters the town had ever seen. A Mexican tanker carrying 3,000 tonnes of powdered sulphur ignited on...
50 years ago in Salford: Talk of the North link to ‘big-time hopefuls’ Karl’s Marals
Salford’s long association with the music biz is well recorded, but one of the most unusually-named bands tipped for success in May 1965 also had a local legend in...
50 years ago in Salford: Beat combo The Rogues tipped for the top
In May 1965 a group of young chaps from Salford and Swinton who called themselves The Rogues were intent on world domination of the musical kind. The Eccles and...
100 years ago in Salford: Belgian refugees flood into city
It may seem strange, but in November 1914 Salford was awash with refugees from Belgium, a story that still to this day goes almost unreported. Germany had invaded their...
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