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I was born cross lane Salford in my heart

I live just behind Cross lane now cam somebody tell me was cross lane shortened over the years as when I look at it now I can't see how 18 pubs and shops and a police station was on here as cross lane now doesn't seem very long ??? Any Info would be great

I’m a scouser living round the corner from Cross Lane on Churchill Way, it’s amazing to see what used to be a busy high street full of life turned into a boring road with nothing of interest on either side.

Thank you for the video. My dad was born in Ordsall and worked as timekeeper at the docks all his life. He was the treasurer for the Albert Sweizer boys club, where I went many times. Thanks again.

Our reletives lived in Lord Nelson street off Cross Lane.

I was born in ’79 and lived my youth in this area but can’t remember anything of the old cross lane. My parents and grandparents had a love and pride for Salford that I didn’t understand, to me it was a crime ridden insipid hole. They would have spent their time on cross lane and had many fond memories from wild nights out and busy community markets. These videos helped me understand their pride and how much has been lost. The rebuilding of Salford was one of the worst urban planning disasters in history. It destroyed a city centre, erased history and left entire generations traumatised from relocation.

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We lived at 77 Lord Nelson Street I remember the old wash house an the barracks loads of shops we moved to Irlam of the heights great memories

Lived in Salford (Ordsall) from 1958-1986, then moved to Stockport. Used to go back to Ordsall sports centre to play badminton most weeks for many years! If that was booked up, went to the one on Liverpool Rd instead. I went back to see the house where I moved from only once, and do not get any yearnings for the 'olden days' of the place. The slums were fun for a young lad, but I wouldn't want to live like that ever again. It was destroyed for a reason. The living conditions were inhuman.

I enjoyed the video, thank you. It's as though someone has took a giant rubber and rubbed out all the interesting parts of Salford

Fantastic

apparently bansky lived in albion towers around 1997-99

Great videos lots of memories and thank you..

Love old buildings back in the day

the false profundity is just appalling all his movies suck g3t over it

My late grandfather, Thomas Maguire, had been a music hall artist. As a very small child, I would be taken to 'The Salford Hippodrome'. We always had a box to the right of the stage, I assume this was because of my Grandfather's theatrical antecedents. I loved music hall from a very early age, our house a regular visiting destination for various 'Pros' (This was the term used as an epithet by the music hall community) . Directly opposite the Unitarian Church. My Aunt Olive was a regular attender. It also hosted the' Pendleton Everyman Players' who presented regular plays and at Christmas a Pantomime. Her son Robert Christopher was much involved in the 'PEP,' my cousin, a very talented individual, sadly he died at just thirty-three years of age. Cross Lane Market, striking architecture I realized even at a young age. My Grandmother would take me there with her when shopping. Then, a treat for me, 'The Hot Potato Man'. Not much has survived my childhood, our house, churches, schools, most of what were significant markers for me at that time. I left it all behind a few days into my sixteenth year, returned briefly occasionally, and then hardly ever. I admit, I do retain a residual regard for having once been a Salfordian .

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My Uncle Bob (Robert Hutt), a keen amateur photographer of 44 Marple Street, Salford, bought his film at Jones's. Uncle Bob taught me, at the age of about 8, how to develop negegatives and use the enlarger and the chemical baths to produce black and white prints in his own darkroom at the back of the house. That was now more than 60 years ago.

Love this guy.

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Thank you

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Love the attention to detail he gives to the locations. Night on Earth is one my all time favorites.

Comment from 2021: First minute of this interview is the perfect explenation why overpay comparing to Uber and Bolt... the unique experiences...

my dad often spoke of Cross Lane and its characters and was bemused as why it was completely destroyed, lets hope Chester and York don't meet the same fate 🙄

Was old Salford really like Coronation Street? Tony Warren said his experiences of Cross Lane Market with the fat drifting over from Parker's chip shop was one of the inspirations for Coronation Street

Lived in New Zealand for 53 yrs , my youth spent meeting at the Bars, with the lads before enjoying the week end the bars being the railings at cross Lane, Trafford rd , Eccles new rd , Regent rd , I think they have gone now, progress ???

The people were moved out to working class reservations like Little Hulton, or put in high-rise human filing cabinets, so that some big shots could boast that they now had some stretches of unloved grass and a few trees where there used to be a vibrant community.

We used to live in Marple Street and then Peel Street. Cross Lane Market, with its white-tiled clock tower, was the place for the weekly shopping trip for everything from potatoes to toys, curtain material to pots and pans. I used to love the dodgy banter of the stall holders. My uncle was a keen and very good amateur photographer, who sold quite a few pictures to the Salford City Reporter and other publications, and took me with him several times to Jones's photographic shop in Cross Lane. We used to travel great distances on foot in the 1950s. Shopping for rare new shoes or clothes was all along Broad Street, Cross Lane and Regent Road. I still have some of the carpentry tools my Dad bought, with me in tow, from a shop on Broadway. More day-to-day stuff was from the the many corner shops, such as Ella's, Tommy Cheadle's or Snugeon's (they were a bit snootier and didn't have a first name). More special things like cakes, pet food from Kemmie Cannon's on Eller Street, where Barber Dougie administered his short-back-and sides. The brutalist destruction of the close knit neighbourhoods was criminal.

Ah the old Salford Gas works.

really love Cross Lane

Sempre attualissimo. Oggi negli stadi e nelle strade mancano questi insulti ai dittatori dì oggi seduti a Roma e a Bruxelles

I live in New Zealand and reading my great grandfathers memoires of leaving Salford and growing up in the USA then migrating in the early 1910 to New Zealand. He talks of Cross Lane as been possibly the Bakery his father ran. Glad I found your site but wondering if anyone has more earlier footage pre 1900's? He speaks of an interesting tale about Sir Humphrey Chetham of some relative to us and my aunt once visited the Chetham, School and Museum, oddly Sir Humphrey was a Tax Collector yet also rumoured to but never proven to be financier of Guy Fawkes. However the generations of my great great grandfather and grandfather seems to have been an amazing story itself. Thanks for posting this snippet.

I've never seen this film with translation, the finish part is way too far for me. I've got the french & intalian parts but finnish... It got me. Some screen magic right there.

great video

y’all hear me out.. he kinds looks like scarlett johansson here

Stupid councillors along with clueless town planners have killed my once lively and wonderful home town. There should be trials and punishment for what these crooks have done.

Loved this the image of the Ship Reminds me of Sivouris Milkbar In the late fifties just up from Disc City opposite the Ship on Cross Lane. Hot Vimto in there while mum played catch up with her friend Alma Sivouri. Thanks For 4 Great videos.

Really enjoying the videos. My Mum and all her family are pendleton born and bred and can't recognise their old town. Just wondered where did you get access to the Salford reporter archives as my grandma was in the front page once in the early 50s and would love to get hold of that article.

Salford Council have no concern for history preservation. They were, and are only, concerned about the big money generated by the Quays! I was brought up in Salford and was photographer on the “ original” Salford City Reporter before the title was sold to the MEN. I would now never return to Crime City.

they didnt even spell his name correctly. geez.

Thanks for posting these videos. My dad is nearly 92 and lived right near here.

In that 1st photo I can see why we always ate Fray Bentos pies as a kid.

My dad is still dirty about destruction of the barracks. He was born and bred at Lord Duncan St which was two blocks away from the barracks. He walked through burning Salford and Manchester on Christmas Day 1940.

My cousins lived on Myrtle Terrace next to the railway lines their surname was Woodcock their mum( my auntie) was deaf and my uncle was both deaf and blind, he was a love.y man and so was auntie. I also remember another cinema, not the Carlton, it was the Palace on Cross Lane, which I think caught fire and was destroyed, I also remember a lovely milk bar on the opposite corner to the Ship Inn in the late 50s. I lived on Lichfield St off Whit Lane.

I was born in Talbot street of west park st...played all the clubs and pubs..singing...

Very interesting...thank you for your videos, watched a few...

Thank you Harry Kipper The first Yorkshire Terrier recorded in the Kennel Stud Book 'Albert' a consistent winner and successful stud dog lived at the Butchers Arms on Cross Lane with the Eden family Peter Eden went to be found Manchem a chemical manufacturing business, he was also a well known dog judge and was regularly elected a guardian of the poor.Albert is so important in Yorkshire Terrier history as his great grandson Huddersfield Ben became another illustrious sire to whom all Yorkshire Terriers world wide are related.

I was a Professional Wrestling Promoter from 1978 to 1992. In 1986 I rented part of the Carlton as a base . At this time it was a snooker / pool Hall but had quite a lot of spare room in the building. At the start we had what was the Mini-Cinema upstairs as our Training Gym. Our Landlords Dave and Vinnie were great Guys who saw the potential in our work. We then started to Promote Wrestling Shows in what was the main auditorium , which could hold a really large capacity. We also had the backing of Piccadilly Radio who helped hugely in the way of advertising. After two brilliant years at the Carlton , Salford City Council decided the Land was worth far more as a commercial redevelopment area, and sadly like so many well known buildings, the Carlton was doomed. As Action Promotions,we were known as the leading Promoters of Women`s Wrestling. in the UK. The addition of a Ladies Contest proved the icing on the cake for wrestling Fans. We were featured on TV a few times and always got lots of coverage in local radio and News papers. The Carlton was indeed a superb venue and I only wish we had more time to expand our ideas.

They pronounce market as they do in Boston... mahket ;)