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School of chiropody (foot clinic) The Crescent, 1949

Could I have my feet done?

The time when the Minister of Education, Miss Ellen Wilkinson became the School of Chiropody's first client!

Oaklands Road halls of residence, Kersal, c1970 (2)

Davy Joule Faraday

Investigative work has uncovered new details about Salford's first student halls of residence at Oaklands Road, designed by Tom Mellor.

Swansea University

Swansea: waterfront campus

Guest post: Swansea University's Fulton House and residence halls were designed by architect Percy Thomas, responsible for Salford Civic Centre. Catrin James takes us round the campus.

Royal Institute of British Architects

RIBA Archive

A visit to the RIBA Library and Collections at 66 Portland Place, London, designed by architects for architects.

Paternoster lift in the Chemistry Tower, 1986

Building a picture of the past

Guest post: Alexandra Mitchell explores the archives to understand what makes them special - there's even a forgotten paternoster lift!

Photograph by Shirley Baker

Salford mavericks 

Shirley, like Walter, Shelagh, Robert and Laurence share aspiring qualities, let's salute some of Salford's modernist heroes.