Category: Features
50 years ago: 14-year-old hero saves toddler from drowning at Eccles baths
We found a rather heartwarming story from the pages of the Eccles and Patricroft Journal from January 1965 which told how one mother’s darkest fear almost came...
Prisoners of War: Cadishead soldier guards ‘the forgotten men’ of Knockaloe
One of the less-reported sides of the First World War came to light in January 1916, when a local soldier told his strange tale about Knockaloe, a camp holding tens of...
100 years ago: Brave ‘Eccles Pal’ wins country’s highest honour for No Man’s Land rescue
A tale of incredible bravery hit the newspapers in Salford 100 years ago this week as local soldier was awarded one of the country’s highest honours for gallantry...
100 years ago in Salford: ‘Cowardly’ husband beats wife with his own wooden leg
We have covered some strange historical news stories on SalfordOnline.com but we have to admit to be taken aback at this truly bizarre court case from the Eccles and...
Salford’s oldest: Jack the Donkey dies age 33
A dappled grey donkey who delighted children in Salford has passed away, much to the sadness of his long-time owners. It’s thought that Jack, who lived in the...
100 years ago in Salford: 12 seamen caught enjoying famous ‘Barbary Coast’
To tell the tale of court cases making the headlines 100 years ago we return to the pages of the Salford City Reporter, this time when 61-year-old Annie Green was in the...
Pictures: Salford Christmas Blitz remembered 75 years on
It’s 75 years since the two nights of terror that saw Salford bombed by German forces: what has become known as the Salford Christmas Blitz. 197 people were killed...
50 years ago in Salford: Brave Broughton Post Office staff shot as they face down armed robbers
Robberies on Post Offices and security vans are not a new phenomenon as this story from December 1965 shows. But one elderly couple who ran the Lower Broughton sub-post...
100 years ago in Salford: Ladies of the night ‘on active service’ while soldier husbands fight WW1
While the Great War was raging across Europe the people back home in Blighty went around their daily business as usual, but scandal was to hit Salford in December 1915...
100 years ago in Salford: Eccles Pals won’t be home for Christmas as fatalities pile up
As the First World War dragged on despite the cheery belief back in Blighty that it would be over by Christmas 1914, the second festive season rolled around and the grim...
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