We have gathered together some of the strangest stories of Salford and Strangeways:

• The sumptuous Cliff conservation area.
• The Manchester area’s most obscure (and homely) pub.
• Manchester United’s alternative home.
• The house where the Manchester area’s first important scientific achievement took place.
• The site of Jimmy Savile’s run-down and eerie lair.
• The former HQ of the British Union of Fascists. (You won’t believe what it is now!).
• The car showroom where Guernica (yes, the real one) was displayed in the 1930s.
• The most frightening and notorious prison in the country.
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