Exhibitions Archive
Exhibitions Archive Section
We have exhibited the collection at many venues across Salford and Manchester. Check out our Events pages to find out when our next exhibition will be.
Manchester Central Library
August to September 2022
The latest showcase exhibition for the Salford & Cheetham Hill In Focus project launched on Thursday 11th August 2022 at Manchester Central Library.
At the launch, there was an introduction to the project, an informal guided tour by a local historian and a chance to meet some of the team behind the project. The collection of iconic images from the 1950s and 60s documents many aspects of life in Salford and Cheetham Hill in that era, from shops and dance halls to schools and street scenes.
The images exhibited are taken from an archive of over 6000 film and glass plate negatives that were restored and digitised by Retracing Salford as part of a Heritage Lottery funded project. The exhibition, on the first floor gallery in the library, runs until 30th September and is open Monday – Friday 9.00am – 8.00pm and Friday – Saturday 9.00am – 5.00pm.
People’s History Museum, Manchester
25th November 2017 to 4th February 2018
Following a successful opening, our latest exhibition at People’s History Museum in Manchester ran until 4th February 2018. Featuring over sixty images from the 1950s and 60s that had never been displayed before, it included photographs from all areas of the collection: shops, industries, furniture, schools, the annual Whit Walk processions, portraits and fashions of the period. The exhibition also featured talks by project co-ordinator, Lawrence Cassidy and local historian Eddie Weinstein. There was also a series of Meet The Team event days, including family creative workshops, and visits by local schools.
For more details see the museum’s website here.
Salford Museum and Art Gallery, June to October 2016
The exhibition is in the Langworthy Gallery, at Salford Museum and Art Gallery. It includes photographs of Salford schools, Salford industries, eg. Colgate Palmolive, Ordsall Lane and Agecroft Cooling Towers. Other parts of the exhibition include Whit Walks, Cheetham Hill shops, portraits and migrant ancestors. The Project Team will be in the Gallery to talk to people about the photographs and to collect memories, every Saturday afternoon in August. The Gallery is open from Tuesday until Sunday – for access and visitor information please see the Gallery’s website.
The Cheetham Cultural Festival, Cheetham Hill, September 2015
This exhibition was held at The Jewish Museum, Cheetham Hill, from September to October 2015. It was part of The Cheetham Cultural Festival which showcased the histories and buildings used by diverse cultural groups in the area. We exhibited a selection of portraits, shops and buildings of Cheetham Hill, migrant ancestral photographs, maps and books,. This enabled people of the area to view lost places and people. The words of one visitor captured our aims, as they told us “thanks for putting the exhibition here, I’ve seen neighbours I hadn’t seen for decades”. The exhibition included creative workshops for children responding to the collection.
The Cheetham Cultural Festival Opening and Closing Events, September 2015
We attended the Festival’s opening launch and closing events at The Abraham Moss Centre and the Ukraine Centre, Cheetham Hill. We exhibited selected images from the archive and received a great response from audiences about the photographs. Many groups were involved in the event, which included live music and dance performances from ‘Orlyk’, a Ukrainian cultural performance ensemble.
Salford Local History Day, Salford, September 2015
The exhibition was held at The Neighbourhood Office, Ordsall. We exhibited archive images of Salford schools and also Cheetham Hill places and people at this event, which was very popular and there were also creative art workshops for children. The event included another exhibition of memorabilia and photographs by The Irwell Valley Mining Project, Salford. The event revived Salford Local History Day , which had been discontinued.
