At Salford Media we are strong on our local history with our Salford History Group which has over 15K members who regularly contribute both photos and memories from the surrounding areas. Last week we showed you some colour photographs from the early 1960s taken by our Eccles photographer, the wonderful George Shepherd, who collection of photos were saved for the nation by his daughter Angie who had the foresight to see the importance in them. Once again Angie contacted me with several more colour photographs that George had taken in the early 1990s around Eccles whilst on his travels, to me the early 1990s doesn't seem that long ago but it is 30 years ago and some of our readers were not born then or still young children! The Flour Mill Construction The construction site photographs are from 1993 and show the construction of Centenary Way and the Allied Mills buildings and others nearby. Winton Senior School The school photos are off Winton Senior School from 1992. memories of your time there? Curtess Shoes Shop Fire The photos taken mainly in 1992 show the aftermath of a fire in the Curtess Shoe Shop, in Eccles Precinct in August that year, now the Skill Exchange Centre. The Regency Off Licence on Regent Street interesting to see that it was also a Video rental shop, I can remember when it was a small off licence that sold sherry from a barrel on the counter in the mid 1970s, it has been completely rebuilt and is now called Vintage which sells clothes etc. Monks Hall is shown in all it's glory and a a painful reminder of what a beautiful building we once had in Eccles... don't get me started on this subject... just enjoy the photos! Once again a huge thanks to Angie and George Shepherd for all your great work.
