Category: Features
100 years ago in Salford: Boys age 8-12 face the birch for throwing stones at Seedley train station
In a story which has unusual resonance to anti-social behaviour still going on in Salford, we investigate a court case from 100 years ago today. A young miscreant by the...
100 years ago in Salford: Swinton women’s violent quarrel ends in jail
Violence in the home is sadly nothing new, but as this court case from July 1915 shows, so-called ‘ladies’ from Swinton were not averse to knocking lumps out...
50 years ago in Salford: Police baffled by 5ft shark found in alleyway
SalfordOnline.com has reported some unusual stories over the years but this piece from 50 years ago today must surely take some beating. Readers may remember when...
100 years ago in Salford: Poison gas explosion at Greengate rubber mill
100 years ago today Salford firefighters faced a potential disaster when a huge green poison gas cloud erupted from a blaze at the Isidor Frankenburg and Sons rubber...
Watch: Old Salford: Rare 115-year-old video shows workers leaving Howarth’s Mill, Ordsall Lane, Salford
Hundreds of workers stream out of the gates of Howarth’s Mill on Ordsall Lane in Salford in this incredible piece of video footage from 115 years ago. Please...
100 years ago in Salford: Mystery of Margaret Hannon’s murder continues
Perhaps the most gruesome tale ever reported on SalfordOnline.com will be this shocking crime from 100 years ago today. It was the evening of 26 June 1915 in Salford,...
Search launched for families of Eccles war hero football champions
By Tony Flynn SalfordOnline.com is looking for anyone who may know the families of a group of cup-winning army footballers from 100 years ago. While researching a story...
100 years ago in Salford: ‘Women of ill repute’ cost Nags Head pub a pretty penny
By Tony Flynn 100 years ago the 400 hostelries in Salford were doing a roaring trade – but as this June 1915 court case shows, some had better clients than others....
Unseen Salford Treasures: Portrait to River Irwell drowning hero Mark Addy
Hanging on the wall of the Salford Museum and Art Gallery is a portrait of a man dubbed ‘the Salford Hero’ – Mark Addy. Mr Addy became famous for his...
100 years ago in Eccles: Mobs riot and ransack town over Lusitania sinking
It is exactly 100 years ago today that the RMS Lusitania was sunk off the coast of Ireland by a German submarine with the loss of 1,198 men, women and children. This act...
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