... for anyone interested in the history of Salford.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... s_Salford/

I'm not entirely sure when it's available on the iplayer but as and when it is, have a watch as it was brilliant.

Oh, this was a cracker as well. Especially for the Sociologists.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... the_North/

... for anyone interested in the history of Salford.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... s_Salford/

I'm not entirely sure when it's available on the iplayer but as and when it is, have a watch as it was brilliant.

Oh, this was a cracker as well. Especially for the Sociologists.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... the_North/

She comes across as being 'high as a kite' in this. Some great video footage of the newly built Kersal Flats in the 1960's. For anyone interested there is a website all about life in Kersal Flats with lots of old pictures and videos. www.kersalflats.co.uk/

She comes across as being 'high as a kite' in this. Some great video footage of the newly built Kersal Flats in the 1960's. For anyone interested there is a website all about life in Kersal Flats with lots of old pictures and videos. www.kersalflats.co.uk/

Meh, we nouveau middle-class types in Smithy Bridge don't suffer half as much as other areas of the borough. Granted, Rochdale as a whole is a pretty crime-ridden place of late with many issues such as poverty, racism, drug abuse, gangs, teenage preganancy and STD's. Hmm, come to think of it, it's a hell-hole. Nevertheless, we don't appear to have these issues in Mong, sorrry, Smithy Bridge. What we have here is a quiet little place where people live isolated lives. Typical suburbia you could say. In comparison to Salford, the people tend to really lack in amibition and confidence. Two concepts you find in relative abundance in Salford. Perhaps this is why we've produced so many talented individuals throughout sport (football) and the arts. We're just a big bunch of friendly show-offs!
Of course, I fully appreciate that there's probably a thousand examples of a negative Salford but these are no different to any other area of similar socioeconomic status. Indeed, we often, as a city, tend to turn these into positives.

One such example. menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser ... in_hoodies

Meh, we nouveau middle-class types in Smithy Bridge don't suffer half as much as other areas of the borough. Granted, Rochdale as a whole is a pretty crime-ridden place of late with many issues such as poverty, racism, drug abuse, gangs, teenage preganancy and STD's. Hmm, come to think of it, it's a hell-hole. Nevertheless, we don't appear to have these issues in Mong, sorrry, Smithy Bridge. What we have here is a quiet little place where people live isolated lives. Typical suburbia you could say. In comparison to Salford, the people tend to really lack in amibition and confidence. Two concepts you find in relative abundance in Salford. Perhaps this is why we've produced so many talented individuals throughout sport (football) and the arts. We're just a big bunch of friendly show-offs!
Of course, I fully appreciate that there's probably a thousand examples of a negative Salford but these are no different to any other area of similar socioeconomic status. Indeed, we often, as a city, tend to turn these into positives.

One such example. menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser ... in_hoodies