Category: History
100 years ago in Eccles: Conmen go all out in Peel Green swindle
How many times do we see in the newspapers stories of people being conned by strangers knocking on their doors on false pretences? This story from the Eccles and...
100 years ago in Salford: The tale of the violinist who gave up music for war
The pages of the Salford and City Reporter from 100 years ago throw up some great stories and this one is not only sad but a little unusual. The newspaper reported on...
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....
Peel plan Middlewood Scout Camp move to make way for £30m RHS Salford garden
Real estate and landowning giants Peel have put the finishing touches on a plan to move a Worsley scout camp so the RHS can build a major new attraction: a £30 million...
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,...
Salford crew needed for historic £4m Daniel Adamson ship
A stunningly restored 113-year-old ship needs a volunteer crew: and if you’ve got the sea legs, it could be you. With two Art Deco saloons and a raised observation...
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...
Council rubber stamp Fred Done’s 400 flats: Black Horse Hotel in Salford will be demolished
A Victorian pub in Salford will be knocked down to make way for 400 flats. Salford City Council ruled today that the Black Horse Hotel on the Crescent can be demolished...
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...
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