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Plans in for 380-flat ‘Downtown’ towers on Woden Street in Ordsall
Altrincham-based Villafont Homes has submitted plans for the 15-storey ‘Downtown’ tower blocks comprising 383 flats in Ordsall. The build, across a 0.7ha...
100 years ago in Salford: Belgian refugees flood into city
It may seem strange, but in November 1914 Salford was awash with refugees from Belgium, a story that still to this day goes almost unreported. Germany had invaded their...
50 years ago in Eccles: Death of Manchester United player Thomas Albert Parker
Continuing with our series of stories that were making the papers 50 years ago this week, we take a look at an Eccles man Thomas Albert Parker who achieved fame by...
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