Life on Mars
This gallery contains shots taken during the 1970s; some of the locations look similar today but others have changed beyond recognition.









King St, Sunday trading: all shops closed!

Salford, two weeks before demolition.

Still trading

Grim up North



Princess Rd, waiting for Joy Divison.


Paradise Walk (as it is now called!.



Bradford Rd gas works, 1974

Salford skyline




Rochdale Canal.


Salford '73.

Crown Sq, before bomb.



Hollingworth Lake and beyond


All bars now!

No Sunday trading.

King St


M&E Tea Room

Barton Power Station

The Refuge

John Nash Crescent

A tree!

Rochdale Canal lock, Whitworth St. West. 1970s

Rochdale Canal barge.


Alley, Cross St.

Rochdale canal barge.

Castlefield

Sunk, Piccadilly basin.

New Islington

New Islington

Lock-keep's cottage.


Jutland St.













