Category: Features
50 years ago in Salford: Death in factory collapse as 65mph gales wreak havoc
50 years ago this month gales reaching up to 65 mph ripped through Salford causing the death of one man and leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. Manchester...
100 years ago in Salford: Outrage as drunken miner attacks wartime female tram conductor
At the time of the First World War tens of thousands of Salford men had done their duty and joined up to fight for their country on the Western Front. It left a huge...
100 years ago: Heartbreaking letters from the front as Eccles Rifleman write of ‘white crosses in the pale moonlight’
Today, 11 November 2015, the city fell silent at 11am to mark Armistice Day - but 100 years ago our families were fighting for our very survival. In honour of this...
50 years ago in Eccles: ‘Never removed’ Eccles Cakes sign taken to Monks Hall Museum for safe keeping
Eccles cakes are surely the most well-known foodstuffs associated with Eccles, and the town is rightly proud of their long tradition, which dates back to the late 18th...
50 years ago in Eccles: 100 firefighters tackle £500k blaze that wrecks huge Silk Street factory
50 years ago this week a devastating fire ripped through the Synthetic Supplies factory on Silk Street in Eccles, causing half a million pounds-worth of damage and...
100 years ago in Salford: Enterprising soldier takes aim at pub to avoid war
This week we reported on a shocking court case from October 1915 of a pair of Broughton sisters hauled before magistrates charged with attacking so-called ‘white...
50 years ago in Salford: Irish ‘tinkers’ cause mayhem in Chapel Street pub fight
The negative adjective ‘tinker’ - for Irish travellers - is very rarely used in these modern times, however a court case in October 1965 at...
100 years ago in Salford: Girl almost killed by ‘arrogant’ driver on Regent Street
Road safety has come a long way since the early days of motoring, but sadly it was not advanced enough to stop this near-fatal Salford accident in October 1915. Eccles...
100 years ago in Salford: Broughton girl gang attack white feather ‘cowards’
As the First World War entered its second year patriotism was still running high among those left at home, despite the terrible casualties and the ever-growing number of...
Charlie Cannon and Jimmy Whiz-Bang: Eccles soldier’s Manchester United banter in the trenches
SalfordOnline.com came across this amusing story from the Eccles and Patricroft Journal from October 1915 which tells the story of an Eccles soldier who gave the Germans...