It was a ‘no go’ Greater Manchester estate - now there’s a waiting list and holiday homes
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukIt was once a “no go” zone in Salford. Locals in Ordsall say delivery drivers hated going there, and burned out cars regularly appeared around its housing estates.
The neighbourhood, around Salford Lads Club, was even shown on a hit record by The Smiths as a place with derelict homes and rubbish-filled streets.
The band’s 1980’s music video to ‘Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before’ featured clips of the group cycling on Ordsall’s empty roads.
But people from the inner-city Salford neighbourhood say it has changed massively since then. “It’s not a ‘no go’ area anymore, it’s a really lovely place,” says Debbie Pownall who works at the New Barracks Tenant Management Co-Operative.
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