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Woden Street, SALFORD, M5 4UE

Woden (not Wooden) Street, is a street off Ordsall Lane, in an area of Salford which has been heavily redeveloped. On the right of the street is Lamba Court, a modern complex of multi-storey apartment blocks. The left side of the street is overgrown with vegetation, following the demolition of the buildings which were once there. No doubt it will not be long before new buildings go up here. In the distance is a viaduct which used to carry railway lines, but now takes Manchester Metrolink's trams through the centre of Manchester. The Eccles branch runs through the Salford Quays district.

A modern building, located in Ordsall, Salford, bristling with security measures - cameras, high fences, doubled entry gates.

Lamba Court flats alongside the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford.

As seen from the "Emmeline Pankhurst" party boat cruising the Manchester Ship Canal.

A large development of apartments on Worrall Street which face, or back onto the River Irwell with its graffiti-rich towpath wall. Support is being shown for the (doomed) English soccer team whose match against Germany kicked off a couple of hours after the image was captured. It is extraordinary how buildings such as this are now sought-after in an area that was utterly derelict in the years following the cessation of trade in the docks.

The pub survives, although nearly all of the contemporary buildings in this area have been demolished. These have been replaced in recent years by new developments. The pub has one end facing onto Ordsall Lane, and its main door faces a grassed area. Probably that is the site of the road it was originally fronting. The pub is owned by the Joseph Holt brewery in Manchester, which was established in 1849, and is still family run. The pub is open but a banner announces that a new tenant is being sought. This is a familiar sight at present. It cannot be easy to run a pub in areas like this. Image

The name of the pub reflects the fact that from Victorian times until fairly recently it would have attracted its clientele from the nearby terraced houses and industries. All of these are now gone and replaced by new developments. Many of the new residents in the area are young, and probably prefer to take the tram to the hotspots of nearby Manchester city centre, than drink in the surviving Victorian pubs in Salford. Image

Cornbrook, Manchester

New housing developments on Worral Street, Ordsall viewed from Cornbrook tram station.