Former Salford Coroner’s Court sold off for £550,000
Salford City Council have sold the city’s former Coroner’s Courts at Pendleton House for over half a million pounds. Salford real estate firm Endeavour...
Work starts on two-storey £3.9m rebuild of Mesne Lea Primary School in Walkden
Mesne Lea Primary School in Walkden hosted an official turf cutting ceremony on Thursday 12 February to mark the start of the construction work to replace its...
Renaker get £35m to build Salford One Greengate
Construnction firm Renaker has annonuced a multi-million pound deal with the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) to fund its One Greengate tower block and 282 homes in...
School warnings in Walkden as driver tries to pick up schoolgirls
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Council recommend approval for 995 flats on Chapel Street by Lowry Hotel
Salford Council’s planning panel has recommended to approve a development of four new tower blocks ranging from 12 to 23 storeys on Chapel Street. Up to 995 flats...
Cornet star Liv Appleton joins Eccles Borough Band
A new star has been signed to the roster of the historic and award-winning Eccles Borough Band. Cornet player Liv Appleton began with the instrument at the age of just...
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...
Eccles blasts into space…almost
This story from 1967 concerns the Borough Of Eccles plans to celebrate the 75th anniversary of when it was granted a Charter in 1892 that elevated the former town to a...
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