| Welcome Salford's image has been fashioned by its association with the Industrial Revolution... When the Duke of Bridgewater built his canal from his collieries in Worsley, Salford, to Manchester he halved the price of coal and literally fuelled the Industrial Revolution. Whether in the paintings of L. S. Lowry, or in Walter Greenwood's novel Love On The Dole or Ewan McColl's song Dirty Old Town, Salford has been depicted as grim and grimy. But the truth is that Salford was also a beacon of enlightened municipal endeavour in Victorian England. The stories on this site help to show that Salford has another past from that commonly accepted - a past as bright and progressive as its present. |
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LATEST NEWS Derek Antrobus was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday (January 14th, 2004 at 11.00am). The programme, Something In The Water, explores the influence of particular places on radical ideas in British history. The programme investigates the origins of the Vegetarian Society. You can still listen to it by going to the BBC's 'Listen Again' page. Hugh Stowell - Salford's most influential Victorian cleric - and the working class: new essay Click here for more New book on Manchester Click here for more Appeals on William Webb Ellis and Sincere Assurance Click here for more Derek Antrobus has been made a trustee of People's History Museum Derek Antrobus was a guest speaker at the 2002 World Vegetarian Congress held in Edinburgh last July. Click here for more. |