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As we walked around Salford Quays, one lovely summer evening, we saw several urban sculptures made from materials which may have been part of the area when it was a noisy dirty industrial place. We saw these wheels, along with some barrels, boxes, pipes, bits of chain, blacksmith’s tools and materials including an anvil and horseshoes (horses […]
MoreA hundred years ago this tranquil water would have been a filthy toxic brew; it would have been full of the foulest rubbish, industrial waste, effluent… it would have reeked. The air would have been full of smoke; smoke from the factories and hills, smoke from the trains transporting goods to and from the docks, […]
MoreThis sculpture, Casuals, can be found on Salford Quays as part of the sculpture trail by Stephen Broadbent in 2010 with the help of former Salford Dock workers and their families. “Each metal structure in this installation represents a dock workers union card. They are arranged in separate groups emphasising the divide between those in and […]
MoreThis incredible building is on Salford Quays; the glass has a bronze patina which glows in the sun, but as clouds pass or the light changes, the colour of the building changes too. It could be the wonderful palace of a benevolent king, or university offering the greatest opportunities to its students, or it could […]
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Lois Elsden 