Category: Features
50 years ago: Parades for Eccles British Legion later torched in devastating fire
1965 was the heyday for a local landmark sadly destroyed when it went up in flames 10 years ago. 50 years ago today, 25 March, a new £30,000 Memorial Hall was added to...
100 years ago: Eccles man’s incredible tales of German captivity
Earlier this week we told you the story of Eccles soldier Sergeant Major Jack Bailey who was captured in France by the Germans in March 1916 and was presumed killed in...
100 years ago: Eccles war hero goes Missing In Action
We take another peek into the past with this story from The Eccles and Patricroft Journal of March 1916 which tells the story of popular Eccles man, Sergeant Major Jack...
100 years ago: Eccles munitions workers play football for war blind
Looking back at the Eccles and Patricroft Journal from March 1916 we were struck by the strange irony of this story. 100 years ago, munitions workers at Nasmyth Wilson...
100 years ago in Salford: Pendlebury coal miner crushed to death
This sad story from the pages of the Eccles and Patricroft Journal reminds of us a long-gone age when coal mining was booming in the North West of England. Health and...
100 years ago in Salford: Tragic accident ends the life of Weaste soldier William Davenport
Not all deaths in the First World War came on the battlefield, no matter how brutal and inhumane it was. 100 years ago in March 1916 men were been dying in their...
100 years ago in Salford: City’s ‘first hooligans’ batter one another in front of train station crowd
Trouble between fans at sporting contests is no new phenomenon. Hooliganism in England was recorded as far back as the 1880s, when ‘roughs’ stirred up aggro...
Were you there? Rugby history made 50 years ago today with big switch-on at The Willows
History was made in Salford 50 years ago today when Salford Rugby Club switched on their brand-new floodlights for a night match against Widnes. On Friday 11 March 1965...
100 years ago in Worsley Woods: Brazen poachers track game in broad daylight
Two gun-happy Walkden men fell afoul of poaching laws in historic Worsley Woods 100 years ago today. Their court case, published in the Eccles and Patricroft Journal of...
50 years ago in Salford: Magician’s freezing monkeys land him in court
As SalfordOnline.com trawled through the local newspapers from Salford and Eccles from 50 years ago we have to admit that we were delighted to see the headline:...
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