Why Does Britain’s Weirdest City Have No Centre?


Salford’s oldest part has been consumed by its neighbour Manchester, its old town hall and cathedral sit forgotten along a major through road, and city council use offices miles and miles into the suburbs. This is a story about Salford Shopping Centre, formerly the Precinct, 50 years old this year, and how it became the makeshift centre of a very weird city.

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