Social History

Never mind the Hacienda and the Warehouse Project, the world’s first DJ came from Bury New Road and in 1909 drew huge crowds to hear his records in Heaton Park and beyond...

Super manger and the Tony Wilson of his day managed 10CC, Herman's Hermits, sports stars and more...

Bus stops, double yellow lines, traffic signs and station walls are all the canvases for some remarkable performance art that links Manchester music lyrics with positive mental health vibes...

Local author, Alice Searle, uncovers executions, suicides and ghosts on Kersal Moor...

From cock fighting to football, and from archery to horse racing, Kersal Moor has been at the epicentre of sport in Salford throughout the ages. Here, author Alice Searle, tells the tales...

A small piece of moorland that has a huge and rich history, from Chartist demonstrations, to horse racing, Spanking Roger and more...

Una Baines was a founder member of The Fall, backed Nico on keyboards and worked as a student nurse at Prestwich Hospital in the 1970s when it was ‘a legalised concentration camp’...

On Kersal Moor there is a plaque commemorating the great democracy rallies...

In 1838, thousands of people met on Kersal Moor, to support the Chartists and their demand for the vote. It was the launch pad for democracy in the UK...

Mary Monson, who defended striking miners and Strangeways Prison rioters, and who supported many community causes, including the Salford Unemployed Centre and Mary Burns Community Group, has sadly passed away...