Tag: courts, history, Swinton
100 years ago in Salford: Swinton women’s violent quarrel ends in jail
Violence in the home is sadly nothing new, but as this court case from July 1915 shows, so-called ‘ladies’ from Swinton were not averse to knocking lumps out...
50 years ago in Salford: Hero stops Weaste express train disaster
In May and June 1965 the Salford City Reporter carried a stunning story on how a dog walker saved scores of lives when he averted a potential mega-disaster on the...
50 years ago in Eccles: The first ‘MediaCity’ turned down – TV plans for Ebeneezer Chapel
In April 1965 the Eccles Journal reported how a local company Bridge TV had an innovative idea to turn a a former Sunday school into a television and radio workshop....
£69k project launched to digitise 70,000 Salford history photos
A two-year project to digitise tens of thousands of Salford history photos is underway thanks to a £69,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The launch of the...
Watch: Buile Hill Park Hart Hill mansion archeological dig underway
SalfordOnline.com paid a visit to Buile Hill Park to see the excavation of the historic Hart Hill mansion. The work being is being carried out by the Salford University...
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