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Salford and Cheetham Hill in Focus wins local history award
The Salford and Cheetham Hill in Focus project has won the prestigious Frank Mullineux Local History Award for its work promoting the history of Salford. The award, a ceramic owl, was presented to the Retracing Salford team by Salford and Eccles MP Rebecca Long-Bailey and Don Ranger of the Salford Local History Forum, at the […]
Exhibition opens at Manchester Central Library
The latest showcase exhibition for the Salford & Cheetham Hill In Focus project launches on Thursday 11th August 4.00 – 7.00pm at Manchester Central Library. At the launch, there will be an introduction to the project, an informal guided tour by a local historian and a chance to meet some of the team behind the […]
Presentation closes People’s History Museum show
To mark the final day of our exhibition at People’s History Museum in Manchester in February 2018, there was a presentation talk by local historian Eddie Weinstein about life in Cheetham Hill in the 1950s and 60s. A packed room heard Eddie talk about his family living and working in the Cheetham Hill Road […]
Off Licence, Cheetham Hill
This is my parent’s off licence on Walter St, Cheetham Hill which was just off Marlborough Rd near Elizabeth St, Cheetham Hill. I am with my brother and sister outside and it was taken in 1963.
Great turnout for exhibition talk
There was a great turnout for the presentation talk at our exhibition at People’s History Museum on 13th January 2018. Visitors came from as far afield as London and Oxford to hear project co-ordinators Lawrence Cassidy and Gail Skelly discuss finding, conserving and digitising the photographic archive for future generations. The process of cleaning […]
S . Maurice & Co Ltd, Bury New Road
For Bill Thomason
Exhibition Opening Times
The Exhibition will run until the 4th February 2018. It is open Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th November (morning). It will be closed from Wednesday 29th November afternoon, re-opening on Monday morning 4th December, therefore it will be closed over the weekend. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Manchester Evening News features our exhibition
Our showcase exhibition at People’s History Museum has been featured in an article in the Manchester Evening News. The article concentrates on some newly discovered images from the Manchester Ice Palace in Cheetham Hill. They show skaters at the venue on Derby Street, which was once one of the finest ice skating rinks in the […]
New exhibition opening in November
The latest showcase exhibition for the Salford and Cheetham Hill In Focus project opens at People’s History Museum in Manchester on Saturday 25th November 2017. There will be a range of images covering different sections of the collection, such as shops, dance halls, street scenes, products, sports and leisure and portraits. There will also be […]
