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Upcoming Events 2pm (usually) every last Wednesday of month at Salford Museum and Art Gallery

  • St Thomas's Church, Pendleton - Past and Present
    St Thomas's Church, Pendleton - Past and Present
    26 Nov 2025, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Theresa Emberton shares with us the fascinating stories about the history of one of Salford's most prominent buildings and influential communities
  • 28 Jan 2026, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Tony Clayson is our guest speaker
  • Wed 25 Feb
    25 Feb 2026, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Historian and National Trust curator Helen Antrobus explores how open spaces became important to the people of Salford and Manchester culminating in the Salford Flower Show
  • 25 Mar 2026, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Former Salford University transport geography lecturer and Oldham councillor Richard Knowles is our guest speaker
  • Wed 29 Apr
    29 Apr 2026, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
  • Wed 20 May
    20 May 2026, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Joe Murray is our guest speaker
  • 24 Jun 2026, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Dr Diane Duffy os our guest speaker
  • Wed 22 Jul
    22 Jul 2026, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Sue Vaughan is our guest speaker
  • 02 Sept 2026, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Geoff Scargill is our guest speaker
  • Wed 30 Sept
    30 Sept 2026, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Our guest speaker is John Catterall
  • Wed 21 Oct
    21 Oct 2026, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Our guest speaker is Keith Warrender
  • The Three Williams of Ordsall
    The Three Williams of Ordsall
    22 Oct 2025, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Our guest speaker is Rosemary Swift who shares her research on three men, brought up in close proximity, who had very different but celebrated lives
  • The Early Salford Mayors - Part Two
    The Early Salford Mayors - Part Two
    24 Sept 2025, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Paul Sherlock shares his further research into the first citizens of Salford
  • It has happened before...
    It has happened before...
    Wed 03 Sept
    03 Sept 2025, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Derek Antrobus explores two episodes from Salford's past: anti-Catholic rhetoric from Hugh Stowell (pictured) in the 1850s and calls to deport black sailors from Salford in 1919
  • Underground Manchester
    Underground Manchester
    Wed 23 Jul
    23 Jul 2025, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Our speaker is Keith Warrender who takes us on a journey through Manchester and Salford's subterranean structures. Keith published his first book 'High Peak Faces and Places' in 1978. Since then he has written or published many titles on the local history of the Greater Manchester Region and beyond.
  • Salford Through Time
    Salford Through Time
    Wed 25 Jun
    25 Jun 2025, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Paul Hindle takes us on a story of tranformation of the city
  • The de Traffords of Trafford Park
    The de Traffords of Trafford Park
    21 May 2025, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Carole O'Reilly is our guest speaker. She spent 30 years lecturing at the University of Salford and has published books on the history of parks (The Greening of the City, 2019), Salford's built environment (Salford in 50 Buildings, 2019) and newspaper history.
  • Annual General Meeting
    Annual General Meeting
    Wed 30 Apr
    30 Apr 2025, 14:00 – 15:30
    Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
    Our annual meeting will be followed by a quiz organised by local historian Roy Bullock - a fun way to test your knowledge of Salford's past AGENDA Annual meeting of the Salford Local History Society 2pm, Wednesday, April 30th, at Salford Museum and Art Gallery 1. Welcome. 2. Apologies for absenc

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