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Hello I am putting together a history of Cook/Cooke Street, Salford as a member of the Salford Archaeology and History Society, where the Threlfalls Brewery was situated. I have looked at old maps which ...Read more

A memory of Salford by peachimid

I used to pal out with a guy called Jack Evans who lived with his parents next to the Brown Cow pub on Albion Street, Salford, before they were moved to Little Hulton. That was 55 years ago. I have some pleasant memories of the area. I ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1957 by Peter Wilson

I remember my childhood in Salford very well. We lived on Clarendon Road and I went to Liverpool Street Girls' School. The headmistress was a Mrs Chrighton and the music teacher was a Miss Jones. We used to walk to school ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1950 by Anne Atkin

The year is a guess, but I have fond memories of playing in the sand at Ferry Hut, waiting for my dad to go by on his tug boat, when the Manchester ship canal was in its heyday. He would wave to me my sister and mum. The tugs I remember ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1952 by Clive Bisby

I was born in 1950 in Salford, lived all my early years at Little Hulton, then man stops on the way took me to Cheshire. I have many many memories of Salford  - Walking day, School - Mount Carmel's, Sunday schools etc. I am very ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1950 by Alma Newbould

I well remember going to Salfords School at the age of 5. Miss Licence was my first teacher, after the roll call every morning we would start most days by singing 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'. Miss Atherton was ...Read more

A memory of Salfords in 1940 by Gordon Dayman

Salford streets so dark and grey, but on them in Ordsall we all did play. The Irwells waters at Mark Addy bridge. The rubber works smell, in my nostrils still. No computers or games, just kids at play. Sticks, old prams, the toys we ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Harry Livesey

Well I suppose my memories of Prestwich go back to early 1940s when I started school at Park View Primary with Mr Rigby as Headmaster. He wasn't reluctant to cane the boys for any misdemeanour even at the ages of 5 to 11. ...Read more

A memory of Prestwich in 1947 by Fred Plant

My mum and dad got married here in 1964, John Jackson and Joan Davenport, it was gorgeous inside. As a child I lived on Salford Brow and spent many happy days around the area :)

A memory of Manchester by Donna Jackson

With my sister Anice I was evacuated to Silverdale from Salford on 1st September 1939. We had three different lodgings but from November 1939 to August 1944 we stayed very happily with Miss Hay at Castle Villas on the corner of ...Read more

A memory of Silverdale in 1940 by Eric Youd