A panoramic picture of the flats taken in 1964 from across the old Racecourse. Roll your mouse over the image for the same view in the 1980s.
A picture of the houses at the back of Shirley Avenue in the early 1970s. . You can just see Chaucer Court and Keats Courts to the left. I spent many a time playing on the hill as a child. You can also see Monsal Avenue running away from Shirley Avenue. In the far background you can just see Littleton Road playing fields. Roll you mouse over the picture for a view of this area in February 2008.
The same spot 16 years later in 1986 Picture by Kate Butterworth. Roll your mouse over the image to compare this spot in 1970 and in 1986
A view across the centre of Kersal Way in 1962. The flats in view (from left to right) were Chaucer Court, John Bacon Court, and Browning House. Roll your mouse over the image to see the same view 47 years later in 2009.
A view of a Whit Walk around Kersal Flats in the early 1970s. You can see two types of bus in the picture. In addition there are Burns, Blake and Cowper in the background and the medical centre to the front and right. This was taken from Browning House by the family of Gail Smith.
A Whit Walk exits Kersal Way from the junction with Kingsley Avenue in the early 1970s. The medical centre is at the front, Cowper to the rear and Keats Court to the right. In the background is the Castle Public House.This was taken from Browning House by the family of Gail Smith.
A great picture of the caretakers hut that was located at the bottom of Chaucer Court. Those stood around the Vauxhall estate include Les Whiteley, Ged Whiteley, and Dennis Whiteley. Roll your mouse over the image for the same area in August 2011.
A Whit Walk in the early 1970s on Kersal Way. On the left you can see Milton House and on the right Spencer, Shakespeare and Shelley. Roll your mouse over the image for the same spot 40 or so years later on the 14th July 2013. Thanks to Gail Smith for the old photo.
A very clear and crisp picture of the front of the shops taken in 1964. You can even see the meat hanging in the butchers shops. I remember those bins so well. You will note that the phone boxes have not yet been built! Roll your mouse over the image for the same spot 45 years later in 2009.
A view of the shops and Milton House in the mid 1960s.
A picture of Kersal Way in 1980.
A view of Burns, Milton and Johnson from 1974.
A view of the side of Spencer House which faces the Irwell also from February 1974
Kersal Flats in December 1987. Thanks to Alan Jones.
Kersal Flats at night in the 1980s taken from Hannover Court by Paul Jones.
A view of the flats from the Racecourse in 1964. In the background you can see Agecroft pit.
The flats from the Racecourse in 1980. In the background you can see Salford University Halls of residence.
Kersal Flats from the Castle Irwell campus in the early 1980s.
A view of the back of the original row of shops in 1964. You can just see the park to the right.
A view of the back of the shops in 1979. In the background you can see (from left to right) Milton House, Shakespeare House and Spencer. Roll your mouse over the image for the same spot 30 years later in 2009.
The side and back of the original row of shops in the 1970s. Many an hour was passed running up those steps, climbing up and down that lamppost and running on those garages.
A view of the shops in the 1980s. Thanks to Jimmy Clarke.
A rather grim, concrete industrial view across the tops of the flats taken from behind John Bacon Court and Chaucer Court (to the right).
A picture taken from the Oaklands Road area looking down and across Chaucer Court and Keats Court (behind) with views of the surrounding streets such as South Radford Street, and the football fields on Littleton Road
A picture of persons unknown outside the Castle Public house situated between Stanton Avenue and Blakes House. Note the 1970s style of the clothes and hair.