Category: History
50 years ago in Salford: The stunning success of historic Eccles Borough Band
Browsing through the September edition of the Eccles Journal from 1965 we came across a history of the Eccles Borough Band which revealed some really interesting...
100 years ago: War refugee claim of ‘theft by foreign gypsies’ in Salford
100 years ago in Salford a case detailed by the now-defunct Salford City Reporter ran with a rather inflammatory headline, “Theft by Foreign Gypsies”. But as...
Revealed: 110-year-old plans to turn Chimney Pot Park into grand Salford marina
Councillors planning Salford’s Chimney Pot Park wanted to open the city’s first urban boating lake in Langworthy, SalfordOnline.com can reveal. The six-acre...
100 years ago in Salford: Piano players rapped for Black Horse pub calamity
The derelict Black Horse Hotel on the Crescent, Salford is a sad sight to see, with plants growing out of the brickwork, paint flaking and the windows boarded over. But...
Watch: Agecroft Power Station demolition revisited for 90th anniversary
Stunning footage of the demolition of Agecroft Power Station has gone on show ahead of a local firm’s celebration to mark the 90th anniversary since it opened. On...
100 years ago in Salford: Men fined for horse-drawn cruelty
Animal cruelty is sadly not a thing of the past. This court case from August 1915 shows how inhumane some people can be when working with animals. Police Constable...
50 years ago in Salford: Local shipbuilder’s Titanic memories
Did you know that Eccles has its own link to the tragic story of the Titanic? The RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank on her maiden voyage from...
50 years ago in Salford: Boy, 10, rolls unexploded anti-aircraft shell into Eccles police station
Police stations across the country must have seen some strange objects handed over their counters but officers at Green Lane in Eccles in August 1965 got the shock of...
100 years ago in Salford: Outrage in court as Swinton child hospitalised in school thrashing
Corporal punishment was outlawed in the UK in 1987, with generations of schoolchildren having to face beatings from teachers in loco parentis. One court case from 100...
100 years ago in Salford: August thunderstorms in Swinton see cow killed in lightning strike
A torrential thunderstorm in Swinton in August 1915 caused damage and distress to residents in Swinton and Clifton, and even caused the fatality of a farm animal. On the...
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