Salford
Salford | ||
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Skyline from Hartshead Pike | ||
Coordinates | 53 ° 29 ′ N , 2 ° 18 ′ W | |
OS National Grid | SJ805985 | |
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Residents | 72,750 (as of 2001) | |
surface | 21 km² (8.11 mi² ) | |
Population density: | 3464 inhabitants per km² | |
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Post town | SALFORD | |
ZIP code section | M3, M5-M7, M50 | |
prefix | 0161 | |
Part of the country | England | |
Shire county | Greater Manchester | |
Ceremonial county | Greater Manchester | |
Metropolitan Borough | Salford | |
Website: www.salford.gov.uk | ||
Salford [ ˈsɔːlfəd ] is a city in north-west England and part of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester .
Historically, Salford was part of Lancashire until the Metropolitan County Greater Manchester was founded in 1974 . The city, through which the River Irwell flows, is directly connected to the city of Manchester , has around 73,000 inhabitants and is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough City of Salford with 237,000 inhabitants.
history
Salford has existed since the Middle Ages and developed as an important trading center even before the industrial revolution. The trade in wool and other textiles was important. With the development of steam-powered looms and the associated advent of cotton , Salford became one of the most important cities at the start of the industrial age. Salford quickly developed into a tightly built working class town in the Manchester industrial area.
Friedrich Engels , who was a partner in the Ermen & Engels cotton mill in the newer western part of Salford near the docks, gave the description of Salford and its living conditions in The Situation of the Working Class in England a lot of space. There he described Salford as even dirtier and poorer than the old town quarters of neighboring Manchester: “All of Salford is built in courtyards or narrow streets so narrow that they reminded me of the narrowest I have seen, namely the narrow alleys from Genoa. In this respect, the average Salford design is significantly worse than that of Manchester, and so is the cleanliness. ”The description of these slums that shaped Salford mainly concerned the north-eastern areas opposite the old town of Manchester. In the course of the 19th century, the south-west was also increasingly built on, although the living conditions in the new settlements were only slightly better.
The deindustrialization of Great Britain, whose industrial center was once in the Greater Manchester area, has also had an impact and led to restructuring in Salford. The closure of the port facilities in 1982 was answered years later with the beginning of one of the first and largest urban restructuring measures that brought about a fundamental change in Salford. In the former docks, today Salford Quays , new modern residential areas and cultural facilities have been created. Key features of Salford Quays include the Lowry Center theater and events complex, as well as MediaCityUK , the BBC's newest location, opened in 2011 . The old housing estates of Salford are still marked by decay in isolated areas, while new housing estates, green areas and shopping and leisure facilities are increasingly modernizing the cityscape. The unemployment rate is slightly above average. Salford was one of the centers of unrest in England in 2011 .
Education and culture
- The University of Salford with almost 20,000 students emerged in 1967 from the successors of the Salford Working Men's College (founded in 1858) and the Pendleton Mechanics Institute (founded in 1850).
- In addition, a number of colleges in the city merged to form Salford City College in 2009 .
- The Salford Lads Club , a leisure club for young people, where bands such as The Hollies and Oasis began, was and is also of great importance for pop culture in North West England .
- The Working Class Movement Library also houses one of the world's largest collections of printed material on the history of the labor movement in Salford.
The still popular song Dirty Old Town of Ewan MacColl was originally a tribute the lyricist to his hometown of Salford.
Movie
- East is East (1999): The film is set in Salford in 1971.
- Bitter Honey (1961): The film is set in Salford around 1950.
religion
Industrialization brought many working - class families of Irish descent to the region. Salford has been the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford since 1850 . The neo-Gothic St. John's Cathedral was built in 1844–1848.
traffic
Salford is part of the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE ).
- In addition to various buses, lines 3 and 7 of the Manchester tram pass through Salford.
- The city also has two train stations:
- Salford Central, which in addition to Salford also serves the northern inner city of Manchester, has connections to Manchester Victoria , the northern hinterland and occasionally to Liverpool and Yorkshire .
- Salford Crescent, this is where trains depart for Manchester Piccadilly , Preston and Scotland.
Personalities
- Phil Bardsley (born 1985), football player
- Charles Kingsley Barrett (1917–2011), biblical scholar and Methodist minister
- Elkie Brooks (* 1945), singer
- Tim Burgess (* 1968, according to other sources 1967), singer in the band The Charlatans
- David Constantine (* 1944), writer and translator
- Allan Clarke (born 1942), singer
- Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016), composer
- Shelagh Delaney (1938-2011), writer
- Terry Eagleton (* 1943), literary theorist
- Christopher Eccleston (born 1964), actor
- Albert Finney (1936–2019), actor
- Geff Harrison (born 1947 or 1948), musician and producer
- Dave Hickson (1929-2013), football player
- Peter Hook (* 1956), bass player for the band New Order
- James Prescott Joule (1818-1889), physicist
- Andrew Knott (born 1979), actor
- Mike Leigh (born 1943), film director
- LS Lowry (1887-1976), painter
- Ewan MacColl (1915–1989), poet, actor and musician
- Michael McKinnell (1935–2020), British-American architect
- Paul Medati (1944–2008), snooker and pool player
- Sinéad Moynihan (* 1982), actress and model
- Brian Naylor (1923–1989), racing car driver
- Robert Powell (born 1944), film actor
- Stan Robinson (1936-2017), jazz musician
- Paul Scholes (* 1974), professional footballer at Manchester United
- Danny Simpson (born 1987), football player
- Mark E. Smith (1957–2018), singer in the English post punk band The Fall
- Bernard Sumner (* 1956), singer, guitarist and keyboardist with the band New Order
- Gary Titley (born 1950), politician
- Mike Walker (* 1962), jazz guitarist
- Russell Watson (* 1966), singer, tenor ( The Voice )
- William Webb Ellis (1806–1872), alleged inventor of rugby
- Tony Wilson (1950–2007), music manager and television journalist
Salford served as the model for the fictional industrial town of Weatherfield , which plays the successful British soap opera Coronation Street .
Individual evidence
- ↑ MEW 2, p. 294
- ↑ Statistics from 2010 ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.