Landmarks 22

A page for the notable local landmarks of Kersal

 

Kersal Cell

A series of local newspaper articles and items on Kersal Cell. Click on the newspaper to open up a larger copy.

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A view of Kersal Cell and Littleton Road fields from the Irwell in 1953.

 

The Manchester Guardian on the 10th February 1932 on the future of Kersal Cell.

 

The Salford City Reporter on the 17th July 1936 on the owner of Kersal Cell offering to sell it to the City of Salford.

 

The Manchester Guardian of the 18th August 1936 on whether the City of Salford should buy Kersal Cell for £5,000.

The Manchester Guardian on the 19th August 1936 on whether the City of Salford should purchase Kersal Cell.

 

The Manchester Guardian on the 19th August 1936 on the likely decision of the Museums Sub-committee to refuse to purchase Kersal Cell.

 

 

 

The Salford City Reporter from the 16th September 1949 on the stately homes of Salford.

 

Page 22 from The Accessory, on the Antiquities of Britain in April 1950 on the history of Kersal Cell.

 

Page 23 from The Accessory, on the Antiquities of Britain in April 1950 on the history of Kersal Cell.

 

A Kersal Cells Country Club Christmas Card from 1951 sent by Councillor T.H.Mellor.

 

The Salford City Reporter on the 18th September 1953 on restoration work to use the building as a country club.

 

The Coment from the 13th April 1966 on mysteries, ghosts and legends surrounding Kersal Cell.

The Salford City Reporter on the 23rd April 1971 on discoveries when renovating Kersal Cell.

 

Manchester Evening News on the 8th July 1971 on the plans to convert Kersal Cell into a motel.

The Salford City Reporter on plans to turn Kersal Cell into a motel on the 16th July 1971.

 

An advertisement from Lancashire life in January 1972.

 

The Manchester Evening News reporting discoveries at Kersal Cell on the 21st July 1972.

Salford City Reporter conveys the news that there will be no public funding for restoration work on Kersal Cell on the 18th August 1972.

 

The Salford City Reporter on the 19th March 1976 on substantial renovation work to Kersal Cell.

 

On the 29th January 1977 the Manchester Evening News ran a story on ghosts at Kersal Cell.

 

An adverisement from the Salford City Reporter on the 3rd November 1978.

 

The Salford City Reporter in early 1981 demonstrating the fears of residents in relation to the plan to build a motel next to Kersal Cell.

And on the 4th April 1981 the Salford City Reporter notes that residents have won and that planning permission has been refused.

 

The threat to the renewal of the licence at Kersal Cell is reported by the Salford City Reporter on the 8th March 1985.

 

A.M. Weekend report on the 3rd January 1986 regarding the renovation of the derelict Kersal Cell.

An advertisement for the new Kersal Cell on the 17th November 1988 in the Salford City Reporter.

 

The Salford City Reporter on the 1st December 1988 reports on the opening of the "new" Kersal Cell and the renovation of the old Kersal Cell.

 

The Salford City Reporter on the 21st September 1989 reports that the "new" Kersal Cell has failed miserably.

 

And on the 28th September 1989 the Salford City Reporter comments on the future for Kersal Cell.

On the 2nd November 1989 the Manchester Evening News reports on the City of Salford being unable to afford to purchase Kersal Cell.

The Manchester Evening News reporting on the 9th November 1989 that Kersal Cell had been purchased and would re-open as Byroms.

 

The Advertiser on the 21st November 1989 notes the proposed auction of Kersal Cell.

 

Salford City Reporter on the 7th December 1989 notes the imminent re-opening of Kersal Cell.

 

A piece from Leisure Opportunities on the 12th December 1989 on the supposed auction of Kersal Cell.

 

An advert for Byroms in the Salford Journal on the 29th March 1990.

 

Another advert for Byroms in the Salford Journal on the 12th April 1990.

 

The Manchester Evening News report on the 28th March 1991 that there has been another unsuccessful attempt to build a hotel near Kersal Cell.

On the 12th April 1991 the Manchester Evening News reports again on the failed bid to build a hotel near Kersal Cell.

 

On the 2nd July 1993 the Manchester Evening News reports that Kersal Cell had closed as a pub and was being destroyed by vandals.

On the 16th December 1993 the Advertiser disclosed that Kersal Cell is to be saved by turning it into houses and building new homes around it.

 

The Manchester Evening News on the 12th September 1997 report that Kersal Cell has been split into three modern houses.

 

Page 1 of the Permisson Sales brochure for Kersal Cell.

Page 1 of the Permisson Sales brochure for Kersal Cell.

 

A feature in the Manchester Evening News on the 15th March 2003 on the sale of part of Kersal Cell

A feature in the Manchester Evening News on the 15th March 2003 on the sale of part of Kersal Cell

 

An auction of a part of Kersal Cell as reported in the Advertiser on the 21st July 2011.

 

Kersal Cell in 2008