Ewan MacColl called it “Dirty old town” and those infamous gas works are still there in an area incongruously known as New Windsor. Yes, there are still bits of real Salford around, particularly the elegant Crescent and the ferocious raging river.

Ewan MacColl called it “Dirty old town” and those infamous gas works are still there in an area incongruously known as New Windsor. Yes, there are still bits of real Salford around, particularly the elegant Crescent and the ferocious raging river.