Tony Flynn
SalfordOnline.com's Local History Editor and Senior Reporter.
Man with links to Salford and Eccles wanted for recall to prison
Police are appealing for the public’s help to find a man wanted on recall to prison. Aaron Boyle, 33, was released from HMYOI Hindley on 13 April 2016 after...
Win a copy of photography/poetry book Salford Quays Unlocked
A new book of poems and photographs which takes the reader on a historical journey of the Manchester Ship Canal has just been published, and you can win a copy for...
Graham Nash exhibition opens in Salford this Saturday
Salford’s very own music superstar Graham Nash is to have his first photographic exhibition in the city of his birth opening this Saturday, 23 April 2016. Rock...
Ideas wanted to improve lives of young people in Salford
Salford City Council is looking for people who want to make a difference in Kersal, Broughton and Charlestown. The one year pilot scheme has been launched to give the...
Major refurb starts on Salford homes hit by floods
Nearly 300 homes hit by Salford’s Boxing Day floods are starting to undergo improvements and repairs. The Salix Homes’ properties were among those damaged across...
Update on Monks Hall fire
Following the aftermath of last night’s fire at Monks Hall on Wellington Road, Eccles, SalfordOnline.com visited the site early this morning and took photographs...
Little Hulton man charged after £70k payphone thefts
Two men have been charged after more than £70,000 was stolen from payphones in Manchester. Alan Portwood, 36, of Carrfield Avenue, Little Hulton and Paul Knowles, 37,...
St Ann’s hospice celebrates Queen’s 90th birthday
Patients from a local hospice were today celebrating the Queen’s 90th birthday in style, with a special tea party in her honour. Day care and in-patients at St Ann’s...
100 years ago in Salford: Thieving dockers’ brief goes hell for leather in cargo affair
The now-closed Salford Docks on Trafford Road was in 1916 a hive of industry employing hundreds of men. With huge quantities of goods coming in from all over the world...
100 years ago: Boy with ‘mania’ for cinema birched for theft
To most people the thought of going to the cinema is hardly something to get worked up about with its overpriced tickets and noisy audiences. However 100 years ago...
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