Pictures on The Old Police Station on The Crescent

Our local university, University of Salford, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.  Although the history of the institution goes back to 1850 and the Royal Technical College formed in 1921, which in 1958 split in to The Royal College of advanced Technology and the Peel Park Technical College, it wasn’t until 1967 that the Royal College became the University of Salford.  Today the University of Salford has 20,000 students, one of which was our son some years ago; and so our links with Salford began.  The University served him well and its connections with industry and the sandwich degree course he completed with a year gaining useful work experience served him well.

The campus overlooks Peel Park and has an airy and relaxed feel.  More recently the Peel Park main campus has changed beyond recognition and building work is…