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Salford was an area of Blackburn; the name derives from 'salix (willow tree) ford'. This is where the old pack horse trail to Accrington and the east crossed the River Blakewater in a shallow ford.

The Salford Royal Technical School in Peel Park is pictured just after it opened.

The Manchester & Salford Parks Committee bought the Lark Hill Estate from William Garnett for £5,000 in 1845, who then gave them £500 back for their funds.

Before it was cut and constructed in the 1870s, traffic from the north-west and higher Salford had to wend its way through small back streets to reach the market and central Manchester (the Shambles).

The 'Salford City' passes numerous stacks of imported timber at the yard in Station Road, Latchford.

Our photographer is looking from the very spot where the Lowry Centre on Salford Quay is today.

Monotype came to Salfords in 1901, and made all kinds of hot metal castings for the printing trade.

It became known as 'The Big Ditch' during its construction, but when completed it allowed ocean-going vessels to sail the 35 miles to Salford Docks, close to the heart of Manchester.

The Prince Albert stands further south on Horley Road, actually in South Earlsfield rather than Salfords, and north of the junction of Horley Road with Woodhatch Road.

Like the other areas of Eccles and Salford, Monton likes to keep its own identity.

Though called Manchester Docks, most of the port was in fact in Salford; only the Pomona wharfs, which handled coastal vessels and short sea routes, were in Manchester.

South of Redhill, east of the A23 Brighton Road and west of the M23 motorway, Salfords has avoided much of the development that has affected less isolated parts of this area.

Having negotiated Latchford's locks, the viaduct and the swing bridge, the 'Salford City', about to pass under the High Level Bridge, moves on to close the bridge carrying the busy A49 London Road, which

Swinton and Pendlebury lie to the north-west of Salford. St Peter's is the only church in the Manchester area to have been commissioned from George Edmund Street.

The Assheton Arms, an old coaching inn, is at the bottom of Long Street, with the Williams Deacons and Salford Bank, designed by Edgar Wood, to its right.

To the right of the statue is Lark Hill, a mansion built in 1790 and formerly the home of Colonel Ackers of the Manchester & Salford Volunteers.

Like the other areas of Eccles and Salford, Monton likes to keep its own identity.

Here we see Eccles Town Hall in Church Street; at this time it was still its own master, but threatened with take-over even then by big brother Salford.

Though the official title of the docks was the Docks of the Manchester Ship Canal Company, they were mostly in Salford, with parts even in Stretford.

When the Duke of Bridgewater planned his canal into Manchester in 1760, the original plan was to stay on the Salford side of the Irwell.

Manchester Exchange Station (technically in Salford) is on the left, the Cathedral on the right. The approach to the station is a bridge over the River Irwell.

The Maypole Grocery Store (dried peas 1s 6d), Boots the Chemist and Halfords (everything for your Raleigh bicycle) are the shops overlooking the War Memorial, which by then had had the names added

The Maypole Grocery Store (dried peas 1s 6d), Boots the Chemist and Halfords (everything for your Raleigh bicycle) are the shops overlooking the War Memorial, which by then had had the names added

Familiar high street names were putting in an appearance: Marks & Spencer and Halford's Cycle & Motor Store. Bond's was a department store – 'The House For Value and Distinctive Ideas'.