Category: Features
Revealed: Insanity, scurvy and frogs were killers in mystery of forgotten Eccles graveyard
By Tony Flynn Fresh information has come to light in the case of a mysterious overgrown cemetery in Eccles. On Thursday 4 June, SalfordOnline.com ran a story about the...
Historic Grade-II listed Queen’s Arms pub in Patricroft wins protected asset status
A pub that was renamed in honour of Queen Victoria’s royal visit to Salford in 1851 has been granted special protected status as an Asset of Community Value. The...
50 years ago in Eccles: Dockers flee for their lives as 3,000-tonne tanker catches fire
In June 1965 the people of Eccles witnessed one of the most epic disasters the town had ever seen. A Mexican tanker carrying 3,000 tonnes of powdered sulphur ignited on...
50 years ago: Eccles priest scores five goals against Real Madrid
By Tony Flynn Thumbing through the Eccles Journal from June 1965 we came across an incredible story which is astonishing even to this day. The article recalled the death...
Mystery of Eccles’s 700 child refugees – 75 years on
By Tony Flynn We were intrigued by a newspaper article from June 1965 which tells the strange story of Noel Tostevin, who came to Eccles in 1940 as a child refugee from...
100 years ago in Salford: Family heartbroken by tragic death of 15-year-old mine worker Herbert Jones
By Tony Flynn In a story succinctly capturing the way that life and death never really changes, we came across this tragic piece on a teenager killed in a mining...
100 years ago: Speed demon biker rapped for police horse stunt ride
By Tony Flynn Road rage was something quite different at the birth of the motoring age in Salford, 100 years ago this week, illustrated by this humourous story of a...
50 years ago in Salford: Hero stops Weaste express train disaster
In May and June 1965 the Salford City Reporter carried a stunning story on how a dog walker saved scores of lives when he averted a potential mega-disaster on the...
50 years ago in Salford: Talk of the North link to ‘big-time hopefuls’ Karl’s Marals
Salford’s long association with the music biz is well recorded, but one of the most unusually-named bands tipped for success in May 1965 also had a local legend in...
50 years ago in Salford: Beat combo The Rogues tipped for the top
In May 1965 a group of young chaps from Salford and Swinton who called themselves The Rogues were intent on world domination of the musical kind. The Eccles and...
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