This is some news footage of the demolition of the cooling towers at Agecroft power station on the 8th May 1994. The towers had dominated the local skyline for a long time. This event was also notable because of the nest of two rare peregrine falcons.

A Police parade and inspection at the Manchester Racecourse in 1957. A great slice of Salford history  

Part 1 of the Charitable Escapades of Pauls Collins and friends from Kersal. They built rafts and sailed them in various places including 160,000 GBP for a childs ward at Booth Hall Hospital.

Part 2 of the Charitable Escapades of Pauls Collins and friends from Kersal. They built rafts and sailed them in various places including 160,000 GBP for a childs ward at Booth Hall Hospital.

The opening of Agecroft Powerstation in 1925

The Agecroft Colliery disaster in 1958

Racing at Castle Irwell in November 1946

Another video of racing at Castle Irwell in 1946

A video of horse racing at Castle Irwell in 1950

A home movie of a visit by Queen Elizabeth the II to Salford and Manchester to celebrate her Silver Jubilee in 1977. This was filmed by Kersal Flats resident the late Herbert Randle who lived at 98 Shakespeare House.