Tag: bomb, eccles, monton, Patricroft, ROF
Patricroft ROF housebuilder under fire after bomb squad called to Eccles twice in a week
Criticism has been levelled at a housebuilding firm after army bomb disposal teams were called to one of their new housing sites twice in a matter of days. Countryside...
100 years ago: Heartbreaking letters from the front as Eccles Rifleman write of ‘white crosses in the pale moonlight’
Today, 11 November 2015, the city fell silent at 11am to mark Armistice Day – but 100 years ago our families were fighting for our very survival. In honour of this...
Bomb alert on Green Lane Eccles: Former Patricroft ROF site evacuated after ‘unexploded mortar’ found
A former munitions factory being demolished for housing in Eccles has been evacuated after workers found what they thought was an unexploded bomb. Army bomb disposal...
Charlie Cannon and Jimmy Whiz-Bang: Eccles soldier’s Manchester United banter in the trenches
SalfordOnline.com came across this amusing story from the Eccles and Patricroft Journal from October 1915 which tells the story of an Eccles soldier who gave the Germans...
Stunning fundraising success in Winton for coma-hit Lewis Pierce, 12
A fundraising drive to help a 12-year-old Salford boy in a mystery coma has seen stunning support from the local community in Winton and Eccles. On Saturday 10 October...
SalfordOnline.com reaches Spain to find 1965 Eccles music mogul
The speed that SalfordOnline.com’s stories spread around the globe can be frightening at times, but just 12 hours after posting a history story on a famed Eccles...
Green Lane closed: Lorry’s roof ripped off after hitting railway bridge
A lorry carrying pallets of plastic has hit the low railway bridge on Green Lane in Eccles. The impact of the crash caused the truck’s roof to be ripped from its...
Patricroft’s dumbest ever criminal? 1915 MetroVicks thefts revealed
A man who stole his workmate’s bicycle, painted it green and then rode it back to work has been hailed one of Patricroft’s dumbest ever criminals. Sound...
100 years ago in Eccles: Errand boy, 13, killed in Patricroft bridge tragedy
A rather sad case from the pages of the Eccles Journal of September 1915 tells the tragic story of errand boy James Shepherd, who lost his life on Patricroft Bridge. The...
100 years ago in Eccles: Patricroft soldier wins Russian military honour for bravery
The Eccles Journal for September 1915 told an incredible story of a Patricroft soldier’s heroism under fire: such was his bravery that the Czar of Russia awarded...
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