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

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  Wed 28 Jan

  Salford's 100th / 

  Salford

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  28 Jan 2026, 14:00 – 15:30

  Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK

  Paul Sherlock opens our 2026 series of talks with one which reflects on the 100th anniversary of Salford receiving its charter to become a city which is celebrated on April 21st
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  Wed 25 Feb

  'A Grand Place to Escape From': Finding Green Space in Salford and Manchester  / 

  Salford

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  25 Feb 2026, 14:00 – 15:30

  Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK

  From parks, allotments and flower shows, to cycling, socialism, and trespass, Helen Antrobus looks at the routes – both cultural and physical – that working people in Salford Manchester took to access green spaces
• Wed 25 Mar

  Transport, Urban Development and Regeneration in Castlefield / 

  Salford

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  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
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  Wed 29 Apr

  Annual General Meeting / 

  Salford

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  29 Apr 2026, 14:00 – 15:30

  Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK
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  Wed 20 May

  Notable Salfordians / 

  Salford

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  20 May 2026, 14:00 – 15:30

  Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK

  Latest 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.
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  Wed 24 Jun

  Harrison Ainsworth, Guy Fawkes, and Ordsall Hall (image courtesy of National Portrait Gallery) / 

  Salford

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  24 Jun 2026, 14:00 – 15:30

  Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK

  Dr Diane Duffy os our guest speaker. William Harrison Ainsworth is a Manchester born author famous for his serialised tales of adventure, one of which, Guy Fawkes (1841), is set at Ordsall Hall.
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  Wed 22 Jul

  Servants in Salford / 

  Salford

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  22 Jul 2026, 14:00 – 15:30

  Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK

  Sue Vaughan is our guest speaker and she will give a brief history of life in service from medieval times to the early twentieth century
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  Wed 02 Sept

  Edward Watkin - the Railway KIng / 

  Salford

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  02 Sept 2026, 14:00 – 15:30

  Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK

  Geoff 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 30 Sept

  Stories of Whit Lane / 

  Salford

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  30 Sept 2026, 14:00 – 15:30

  Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK

  Our guest speaker is John Catterall
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  Wed 21 Oct

  Manchester Oddities / 

  Salford

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  21 Oct 2026, 14:00 – 15:30

  Salford, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU, UK

  Our 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.
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  Wed 26 Nov

  St Thomas's Church, Pendleton - Past and Present / 

  Salford

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  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
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  Wed 22 Oct

  The Three Williams of Ordsall / 

  Salford

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  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
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  Wed 24 Sept

  The Early Salford Mayors - Part Two / 

  Salford

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  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
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  Wed 03 Sept

  It has happened before... / 

  Salford

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  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
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  Wed 23 Jul

  Underground Manchester / 

  Salford

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  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.
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  Wed 25 Jun

  Salford Through Time / 

  Salford

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  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
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  Wed 21 May

  The de Traffords of Trafford Park / 

  Salford

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  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.
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  Wed 30 Apr

  Annual General Meeting / 

  Salford

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  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