Category: History
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...
Are you the missing man in this 1980s Salford football team?
An historic photo of a local football team is missing just one name: is it you? Beechfield United Football Club – whose reports regularly grace the sports pages of...
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...
Can you beat 91? Oldest pupil wanted for 100 years of Westwood Park Primary School
Westwood Park Community School in the heart of Winton is set to celebrate its 100th anniversary in style on Sunday 1 May. The school’s centenary celebrations...
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...
Tonight: BBC Two shows Salford Scuttlers from 1890s gang warfare to family today
Tonight BBC Two will screen the third in a four-part documentary looking at the descendents of Salford’s first gangs, the scuttlers, and of the man who tried...
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...
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