Does Anyone Remember Greengate Irwell Irwell Works And Mark Addys Bridge

A Memory of Salford.

Does anyone remember Greengate & Irwell, Irwell Works, off Ordsall Lane? From 1957 to 1962 I worked there as one of the three telephone operaters. I have very happy memories of my time there and the many friends I made. My question is about the bridge which crossed the River Irwell from almost outside the factory. I always believed that it was the famous Mark Addy Bridge and legend had it that Mark Addy himself haunted it, but if you go to the website it says that the Mark Addy bridge crosses the Irwell just off Deansgate.
The media, film, television and newpwpapers portray early Salford as some huge slum area, they don't know about families and neighbours who always pulled together and helped each other no matter what the problem, AND EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT WAS CHIPPY NIGHT, you will not find a modern chippy which can make chips as good as a Salford chippy (wrapped in newspaper - health and safety blablabal), speaking of which, does anyone remember taking old newspapers to the local chippy and getting free fish batter scraps? We had no money, but we didn't have gun crime, bad mannered children or everybody using the "F" word as part of everyday language. I know that at the age of 70 I'm a grumpy old woman, but at my age I can say whatever I want and people just say "Aw Bless".
I lived in Cheetham Hill, Hightown, then Higher Broughton 1939 to 1974
NAMES. Jean Wright - Jean Costello - Jean Rowland.
If we have any shared memories email me at jean_rowland@hotmail.com LOL