Tag: Kersal

SELNEC plans for Salford in 1962. Image: Manchester City Council under Creative Commons license.

A road to the past: Salford’s unbuilt motorway that would have destroyed landmarks and neighbourhoods

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Many drivers in Salford today use the M602, however, plans from the 1960s could have made Salford look very different to how it does today.

Image Credit -Lower Kersal Young People and Community Group

“There was nothing for women, nowhere they could come together” – The weekly Kersal group for crafts and a cup of tea

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The Lower Kersal Young People and Community Group are hosting a ‘Sewing, Knitting, and Nattering’ group every Monday. In this group, […]

Image credit - Catherine Earle

Review: Kersal photographer Shirley Baker’s new exhibition at the Working Class Movement Library

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‘Capturing The Modern Backdrop: Shirley Baker Photographing Salford’ is a new exhibition featuring images of Salford at the Working-Class Movement Library.

Salford Symphony Orchestra at their 75th Anniversary Concert. Image taken by Emma White.

“Music means everything to me” – Salford Symphony Orchestra celebrate their 75th anniversary

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A Salford based amateur orchestra celebrated their 75th anniversary with a commemorative concert, playing music from composers such as Beethoven and Mozart.

Earlier this month, Salford Symphony Orchestra performed at St Paul’s Church with an aim to attract and inspire more younger faces to watch, and also perform with the orchestra.

Lucy Ryan at the British Transplant Games. Credit: Lucy Ryan

Salford student given five years to live now represents Great Britain in World Transplant Games

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A Salford organ transplant survivor using her “last life” to represent Great Britain in the 2023 World Transplant Games, is […]

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