Self-effacing station manager Jill Bowyer is the beating heart of Salford City Radio, whose determination to help revive a community […]
Salford Heroes
Salford Heroes: Jack Forshaw – Martyr of the 1926 General Strike
John (Jack) Forshaw, born in 1880, was a Trade unionist, socialist, shop steward and forgotten martyr of the 1926 General […]
Salford Heroes: Ruth & Edmund Frow – activists who wrote the story of Salford’s working classes
How the union of two incredible people brought the Working Class movement to the streets of Salford.
Salford Heroes: Catherine Connors – helping to lift people from their lowest ebb
“We will probably all need some support around money at some point in our lives,” said Catherine Connors. Born to […]
Salford Heroes: Arthur Thomas Doodson – the “quiet-minded” boy from Boothstown behind the Allies’ D-Day success
The greatest testament to the character of the sharp-minded mathematician and pioneering Salford-born oceanographer Arthur Thomas Doodson may be that […]
Salford Heroes: Walter Greenwood – the voice of the city’s overlooked and unheard
Bringing the Salford story to the world, Walter Greenwood was more than a writer; he was a voice for the […]
Salford Heroes – Valerie Ivison: “Salford is the centre of the world.”
“It was a dirty, filthy, bombed-out area to start with at the end of the war,” Valerie Ivison said as […]
Salford Heroes: Salford Hongkongers – the community group “building a bridge into local life”
Sheltering from the classic Salford drizzle, Evelyn Lo guides a group into the peaceful enclave of the Sacred Trinity Church. […]
Exclusive: Salford Hero John Cooper Clarke on the city that shaped his voice
Post-war Salford was turbulent, gritty and loud – exactly what the future ‘Bard’ of Salford needed to inspire his poetry. […]
Salford Heroes: Deborah Tesfaye – A passion and skill ‘hidden’ for 15 years
Founded by Deborah Tesfaye, Love Community Café has become a place where people can find not just food, but support and community.
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Salford RLFC interim boss Hewitt handed extension
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Salford Lads Club reopens after £450,000 transformation
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