Tag: hero, Pendlebury, Royal Navy, WW1
100 years ago: The incredible story of Pendlebury hero torpedoed by German submarine
In a very rare newspaper story from 100 years ago we hear the testimony of a local sailor whose crew was attacked by a First World War German U-Boat submarine. By...
100 years ago: ‘House of horrors’ in Pendlebury sees parents jailed for child neglect
Child neglect is incomprehensible in any era, but as this harrowing story from the pages of the Eccles and Patricroft Journal from August 1916 sadly shows, it was not...
Height bike bust leads police to Pendlebury ‘drug den’
A bike rider weaving through the streets of Irlams o’th Height led police to a suspected drugs den in Salford. Residents on Rothesay Road in Pendlebury told how...
Children avoid injury in Bolton Road smash
Police closed a section of the A666 Bolton Road for over an hour and a half on Sunday after five people, including three children, were involved in a smash. At around...
100 years ago: Mum strips house to buy booze in shocking Salford child neglect
While the Great War raged on in Europe troops were looking forward to an end to the fighting and a return to their homes in Blighty. However judging from a newspaper...
100 years ago in Salford: Pendlebury coal miner crushed to death
This sad story from the pages of the Eccles and Patricroft Journal reminds of us a long-gone age when coal mining was booming in the North West of England. Health and...
CCTV: Pics of hammer-wielding thugs linked to Pendlebury armed robbery
Police hunting an armed gang who robbed a bookmakers in Pendlebury believe the men carried out three attacks in the same day. The broad daylight attack saw three men...
853 customers affected in Pendlebury/Clifton powercut
Last night 853 residents in the Clifton/Pendlebury area of Salford experienced a power outage. SalfordOnline.com had multiple reports of loss of power with the outage...
Week’s free childcare on offer at KidzRus nurseries
KidzRus Private Day Nurseries are offering parents struggling with the sudden closure of a Little Hulton nursery the option of a week’s free childcare at one of...
M60 re-opened after tanker chemical spill but traffic chaotic across Salford
Routes around Salford are exceptionally busy this afternoon after this morning’s tanker crash and chemical spill. At around 9am the motorway was shut between...
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