Category: Features
100 years ago: Gallipoli on my mind – Eccles man’s eyewitness evacuation account
This Sunday 17 April in Bury the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers will commemmorate the 101st anniversary of soldiers landing on the Gallipoli peninsula on 25th April 1915....
50 years ago: Eccles folk singer Carol Grayson aims for the big time
Eccles has long been a hotbed of musical intrigue. We came across this story from the Eccles and Patricroft Journal from April 1966 which told the story of a young girl,...
100 years ago: Tragic death of Eccles boy, 16, in routine Manchester Ship Canal journey
In April 1916 the Manchester Ship Canal was a very busy passenger route and workers were ferried daily across the canal from Eccles to Trafford Park. This practice...
100 years ago: Mum strips house to buy booze in shocking Salford child neglect
While the Great War raged on in Europe troops were looking forward to an end to the fighting and a return to their homes in Blighty. However judging from a newspaper...
100 years ago in Salford: Murder scandal at Cross Lane Barracks
100 years ago war was raging throughout Europe and the death tolls were rising daily. Salford had supplied many troops for this war effort and many soldiers left for...
100 years ago in Salford: Violent drunk chews her way into trouble
The pages of the Salford City Reporter hold some fascinating stories and we were particulary interested in this one from April 1916 which tells of a ferocious harridan...
50 years ago in Eccles: Missing toddler feared trapped in watery grave
A five-year-old boy caused an almighty commotion in April 1966 when he went missing from home in Eccles. Over on Lane End, where the Metrolink rolls into Eccles, and...
100 years ago in Salford: Tragic Ellen Howarth, 15, drowns after going missing
A rather sad story from the pages of the Salford City Reporter of April 1916 tells the unhappily brief life story of 15-year-old Ellen Howarth. Ellen lived with her...
50 years ago in Eccles: Mystery of body found in lab at Lankro Chemicals
SalfordOnline.com came across this rather interesting mystery from the pages of the long-defunct Eccles and Patricroft Journal from April 1966; a body found in the...
100 years ago in Salford: Circus elephant turns hero in rampage down Cross Lane
It’s scarcely more difficult to believe than any of the other stories we’ve found in the city’s archives, but 100 years ago this week a visiting male...
You must be logged in to post a comment.