Tony Flynn
SalfordOnline.com's Local History Editor and Senior Reporter.
112 arrests after police crackdown on Piccadilly Gardens
Greater Manchester Police has continued the crackdown on criminals in Manchester city centre’s Piccadilly Gardens, making 112 arrests in two years of a police...
Police appeal to find 15 year old missing Swinton boy
GMP have posted an article about a missing 15 year old boy, Leyton Strickland Many of his associates and friends are from the Swinton area (specifically The Poets) so he...
Christie reassures patients about forthcoming industrial action
The Christie has written to patients to reassure them that despite proposed strike action by junior doctors, their appointments on Tuesday 1st December, Tuesday 8th...
Two pensioners from Swinton recognised as some of the bravest in the country at Police Bravery Awards
Five people from Greater Manchester were recognised as some of the bravest in the country at a national awards evening this week. Amongst them were Ronald Smith and...
£50k reward to find murderer of Paul Massey
Police are offering a £50,000 reward for information about the murder of Paul Massey in Clifton. At 7.30pm on Sunday 26 July 2015, 55-year-old Paul Massey was shot five...
Salford female apprentice honoured at construction awards
A female apprentice from Salford campaigning for more women to take up careers in construction has been given a top award for her work. Shelby Knight scooped Apprentice...
Bus ticket price cut by more than 50% on ‘Black Friday’
First Manchester has announced a special ‘Black Friday’ bargain-priced bus ticket on one of the biggest shopping days of the year. As hundreds of retailers...
100 years ago in Salford: Newtown Colliery disaster averted as boy, 15, caught sparking up in pit
A potentially fatal disaster was averted 100 years ago this week after an unthinking teenager worker was hauled in front on magistrates for carrying cigarettes and...
Love Eccles at Christmas
The festive season here is going to be bigger and better than ever with treats and activities for the whole family. With Santa’s grotto every Saturday, great value...
100 years ago: Salford’s 6ft 8in giant ‘supersoldier’ Thomas Frith revealed
SalfordOnline.com were delighted to receive an amazing story about a young man from Salford, Thomas Henry Frith, who not only enlisted twice in the army, both times...
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