A pocket-sized, illustrated history tour around Salford highlighting places of interest and showing how the town has changed across the centuries.

Compelling street photography from Manchester and Salford during the slum clearances of the 60s

For many years Salford was seen as little more than a grimy part of Manchester: an area of industrial and urban decay. But Salford has always had a distinct identity and in the late 20th century enjoyed something of a renaissance, with major tourist developments, including the quays area and the prestigious Lowry Museum.

'Salford Past' is a pictorial history chronicling the dramatic changes the city has undergone throughout the decades. The book features a collection of evocative images, many never before published, from the archives of the Manchester Evening News.

John L. Ruth tells the riveting, painful, haunting story of how "this very ground," the land on which he lives, was centuries ago taken from the Lenape of his area of Pennsylvania through a "crooked affair."