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Thread #126764 Message #4045849
Posted By: GUEST,Ray
13-Apr-20 - 01:04 PM
Thread Name: Folk Clubs, Greater Manchester 1960-99
Subject: RE: Folk Clubs, Greater Manchester 1960-99
Salford originally grew up in a loop in the river Irwell which set a natural limit to its expansion and the development of a “city centre”.
Manchester, on the other hand, had no similar limit and the, more the Manchester centre developed, the less need there was for one in Salford.
Have a look at this map from 1857 - http://www.artus-