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Upcoming Events 2pm (usually) every last Wednesday of month at Salford Museum and Art Gallery
Wed 21 Oct21 Oct 2026, 14:00 – 15:30Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UKOur guest speaker is Keith WarrenderKeith. an author and publisher of books on Greater Manchester, Cheshire and the Peak District. He has written about underground Manchester, and some of the region's oddities. His 'Lost District' book covers the historic area where the Arndale Centre stands.
Wed 27 Jan27 Jan 2027, 14:00 – 15:00Salford Museum & Art Gallery, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UKTony Clayson is our guest speaker. The Building of the Manchester Ship Canal and Salford Docks led to the worldwide development of Orthopaedic surgery as a specialty in its own right and the establishment of the first ever trauma system in the world including a trauma hospital in Patricroft
Wed 24 Feb- Wed 31 Mar
- Wed 28 Apr
Wed 26 May- Wed 30 Jun
Wed 21 Jul
Wed 08 Sept08 Sept 2027, 14:00 – 15:30Salford Museum & Art Gallery, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UKDavid Barnes of the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal Society is our guest speaker. David is a trustee of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society and dates his interest in the canal back to the early 1960s seeing it in the classic film 'A Taste of Honey'.- Wed 29 Sept
Wed 30 Sept
Wed 02 Sept02 Sept 2026, 14:00 – 15:30Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UKGeoff Scargill talks about Edward Watkin one of the best known public figures of the Victorian Era, but now virtually forgotten. Born in Salford , he built the Great Central Railway from Manchester to London and created the first parks for the people in Salford
Wed 22 Jul
Wed 24 Jun
Wed 20 May20 May 2026, 14:00 – 15:30Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UKLatest recipient of the prestigious Frank Mullineux award, Joe Murray is our guest speaker and his talk Notable Salfordians will cover a dozen or more Salford residents - by birth or migration - reflecting contributions to Arts, Science, Sports, Academia during the past 300 years.
Wed 29 Apr- Wed 25 Mar
- Wed 25 Feb
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