Category: History
Unseen Salford Treasures: Memorial Plaque to WW1 Patricroft soldier Albert Johnson
Tom Rodgers Mon 20th July, 4:24 PM
Now on show at Salford Museum and Art Gallery is a five-inch bronze memorial plaque to a local soldier killed in action in the First World War. In 1914 Private Albert...
Reefer Madness: 50 years ago in Salford
Tony Flynn Thu 16th July, 4:42 PM
While researching stories from Salford’s colourful past we came across this little item from July 1965 warning of the perils of ‘beat clubs’, and worse...
100 years ago in Salford: Drunken army man lashes out over bath-rage at Regent Road pool
Tony Flynn Wed 15th July, 5:29 PM
In July 1915 a 22-year-old man celebrating joining the British Army was arrested in a drunken stupor after starting a fight over a bath. Readers may remember the old...
50 years ago in Salford: 150-strong mob see police assaulted in Cross Lane beat club riot
Tony Flynn Tue 14th July, 12:41 PM
Cross Lane in Salford was not always the characterless thoroughfare you see today. In 1965 the whole street was alive with music, 18 pubs, shops, cinema halls and...
Made in Salford: Punch and Judy figures recall historic Derbyshire glassworks
Tony Flynn Tue 14th July, 12:03 PM
Two particular objects now on show at Salford Museum and Art Gallery shine a light on a forgotten corner of Salford’s industrial history: a pair of pressed glass...
Salford shark ‘was sailor’s prank on Charlie Camilleri over card game’, reader claims
Tom Rodgers Thu 9th July, 1:46 PM
A story about a mystery shark found in an alleyway in Salford has become the most-read feature in SalfordOnline.com’s history. Now one reader claims not only seen...
100 years ago in Salford: ‘Rough’ Trafford Road pub hits headlines again as woman refuses to leave
Tom Rodgers Wed 8th July, 3:55 PM
Trafford Road in Salford was a hugely vibrant place in the early part of the century due to its proximity to Salford Docks, which attracted ships and cargo from all over...
Unseen Salford Treasures: Silk postcards to lovers from war frontline
Tony Flynn Wed 8th July, 1:46 PM
A highly desirable collectors item is on show at the Salford Museum and Art Gallery: a silk postcard dating back to the First World War. These would have been bought by...
50 years ago in Salford: Double heartbreak at St Lawrence’s as vandals rampage through school
Tony Flynn Tue 7th July, 4:26 PM
Demolition is underway at St Lawrence’s RC School on Weaste Lane in Salford but this story from 7 July 1965 tells of a double blow the school would suffer that...
100 years ago in Salford: Boys age 8-12 face the birch for throwing stones at Seedley train station
Tony Flynn Mon 6th July, 4:50 PM
In a story which has unusual resonance to anti-social behaviour still going on in Salford, we investigate a court case from 100 years ago today. A young miscreant by the...
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