Category: History
100 years ago: Somme first day forgotten as telegrams break Salford family hearts
The country has just finished nationwide commemorations of the first day of the Battle of the Somme, with tributes, events and quiet contemplation on Friday 1 July 2016....
Somme 100: The poignant letters of Salford Pals butchered on battlefield
As we remember the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, here we reflect on the first wave of casualties from Salford who perished on that terrible day of...
SalfordOnline Salford Pals ‘memory square’ chosen for Heaton Park Somme Centenary path
A SalfordOnline-designed ‘memory square’ honouring the sacrifice of a local soldier is one of 5,000 tiles marking a remembrance path commemorating the...
Salford Remembers: More Eccles Pals ‘cut to ribbons’ on first day of The Battle of the Somme
There are some incredible stories from the front line of battle on the Western Front, which would live long through the ages. The tales of sheer heroism, boredom and...
100 years ago: It all kicks off at Salford Docks with ‘maniac’ lover Annie Maguire
Turning to the pages of the Salford City Reporter from June 1916, this court case leaps out for the fact that the course of true love never does run smooth, especially...
100 years ago: The course of true love in Salford moves in mysterious ways
Marriage is they say a beautiful thing, but reading this story from the pages of the Salford City Reporter from June 1916, I’m beginning to have my doubts if this...
50 years ago: Eccles band Big Chuckles aim to crack the charts
SalfordOnline.com has looked at the careers of many local bands over the years and here we tell the story from June 1966 of a beat group from Eccles with lofty ambitions...
Salford Somme stories: Help write, draw and record heroes for 1 July
Salford residents are being urged to draw, write, photograph and honour the men who died in the Battle of the Somme. The public can help create memory squares for the...
100 years ago in Salford: Saucy stash of ‘obscene’ postcards must be destroyed
We live in age when semi-clad women are a sadly a regular fixture on advertising hoardings or plastered across our TV screens, but 100 years ago Salford people lived in...
100 years ago: Canadian chancer jailed for ‘posing as Royal Navy Captain to pull women’
The pages of the Salford City Reporter of June 1916 told this amusing tale: a Canadian sailor charged with illegally wearing a Royal Navy uniform with the hope that...
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