Issue 2 2010 Free

TheNewLowry Joe Coffey’s Hood Life Peter Hook How to get on...

Swinging Salford Girl Peculiar With Corrie’s Alan Halsall and the World Cup... ‘I starred in a horror flick!’ M44 is makin’ change

the magazine of Salford Salford suss in CommunityMediaPartnership sounds, sights and nights. further at colleges and universities. Salford Media Scene Contributors This year we’ve run journalism and creative photography courses with the WEA and have further courses Editor: scheduled to start soon, including fi lm, radio and ‘publisher’ which Stephen Kingston teaches people how to do their own newsletters and fl yers. We’re Graphics and Layout: also working with the BBC and Goldsmiths University of London on a Andonette Lewis The Third Anniversary new visual recording venture. www.creativjam.co.uk of SCMP SCMP has now developed into a social network with over 250 SCMP is the Salford Community members who receive regular Media Partnership, set up to help updates on events and opportunities Miroslav Andjelkovic, Salfordians get a foot in the door of in the creative and media industries Allen Fiander, Valerie MediaCityUK. All of the city’s creative in Salford. We have seminars, and media groups who work with the social events and volunteer/work Webb, Frank Halls, Steven community are part of the partnership opportunities - local fi lm freelancer Speed, Bernard Brough, – from Salford City Radio to Salford Sam Twyman has mentored students Jemma Cooper, Michael Arts Theatre; from CRIS (Creative on various community fi lms including Industry in Salford) to the Langworthy Salford Question Time (viewing 28th Cuddy, Alan Ellison, Mike Cornerstone; and from Seedley & June 6.30 pm Salford Arts Theatre), Skeffi ngton, Deborah Langworthy Trust to Salford Star . . . fi lms for SALT and the Broughton Brooks, Paul Kane, Trust. Over the last three years we’ve been Gerry Murray, Voltz, Ben, running media training courses in SCMP could be doing a lot more Mikey B, The Don, Renee fi lm, radio, journalism, photography, activities but getting hold of funding Byrne, Suzi Hoffman, Joe PR, digital imaging and much more. is a big problem. However, we will Many participants have gone on continue to run training courses O’Byrne, Joe Coffey, Steve to get paid work in the industry or and showcase the brilliant and Ward, Albert Spiby, Peter have taken their learning a few steps creative work being done in Salford’s Hook, Mike Atherfold, community. Join us. Alice Searle, Graham CONTACT SCMP Williamson, Thylde John Phillips (0161) 212 4400 Mapumba, Jon Coupe, Phone Linda on 07543 969 007 Website: www.scmp.info Oliver Milatovic, James email: [email protected] Herring, Dawn O’Connor, Steve Mimmack, Phil Hamer, Joe Williams, Jack Garner. Additional editing: Dawn O’Connor

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YOU WHAT? How much? Giz a Job? MediaCityUK - The kids, the cost, the jobs, the community. Pages 26-31 Front cover photograph of Joe Coffey’s artwork by Steven Speed SALFORD’S WORLD CUP ANTHEM CONTENTS By The Fall’s Mark E Welcome to the second issue Smith and Co. Oh! of Salford Media Scene. We’ve Page 4 tried to cover everything going off in the city’s top creative FILM community - from music to film A comic horror, a to theatre, exhibitions, art and toilet in Ordsall and TV. Salford’s sorted culture... six full pages of pure Salford celluloid. HOOKY’S SECRET OF Pages 16-21 SUCCESS Tips and top advice THEATRE from Little Hulton’s New Order/Factory legend. Reviews and Previews Pages 24-25 from the Salford stage. Pages 43-45 SWINGING SALFORD WITH ALAN HALSALL MUSIC Corrie Street’s Tyrone M44 is makin’ goes out for tee... Pages change, (pages 22-23) 10-11 Salford’s new music co-op is formed (34- GIRL PECULIAR 35) and Jealous is On World Cup wiles, sipping herbal tea and born in the USA. (32- getting chucked out of 33) radio stations. Pages 12-13 INVISIBLE HISTORY Lost streets, lost THE NEW LOWRY history and the Joe Coffey’s reputation lost art of print is growing by the day - photography. see Hood Life in all its Pages 37-39. glory. Pages 8-9

SalfordMediaScene Page 3 SALFORD MUSIC FESTIVAL SalfordMediaScene* MARK E SMITH & CO DO THE WORLD CUP

England’s Heartbeat by Shuttleworth (YipYop Records)

`For your heartbeat never wanders, Like a rainbow through a storm We are born with a heartbeat sent from heaven When you’re losing your dreams, hold on tight And think..ENGLAND...’

The Fall’s Mark E Smith has joined forces with Salford music stalwart Ed Blaney and Jenny Shuttleworth (Girl Peculiar) to come up with a World Cup anthem that sends its cheesy predecessors…er…Back Home.

This is pure Mark E Smith vibe - megaphones screaming, indie guitars pumping and lyrics ripping guitarist Ed Blaney and the gloss off footy’s polished Jenny Shuttleworth, of Girl image…And somewhere in Peculiar, to create the track the background is a swaying under the Shuttleworth singalong anthem that will name, and as Ed says, “If please the nation’s post anyone has a right to do a pub choirs as they swagger World Cup record it’s got to home. England’s Heartbeat be Mark E Smith.” was in the running to be the FA’s official England England’s Heartbeat was record, before it decided not written and recorded to bother with any official in Salford by Salford record. musicians, and follows a tradition of the city’s World Mark has collaborated Cup involvement which has with some time Fall included New Order’s World In Motion in 1990 and all England’s Heartbeat the planet’s top footy stars is available as a making their way to Little download at Amazon Hulton before the last World for 79p or at I-Tunes, Cup to film tv idents at Web and in the shops now Studios. as a CD. But will the England team be playing it on their bus in South Africa? We’re sure Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Joe Hart and co would love it...

Photos: Top - Mark E Smith and Ed Blaney. Middle and bottom - Video shoot for England’s Heartbeat at Salford City FC SALFORD MUSIC FESTIVAL

It’s been a long slow wants to play they can process but the first ever play – all they have to do is Salford Music Festival has sign up on our Facebook now got the go ahead to group – We Want A Music take place in September at Festival In Salford – and Buile Hill Park. that’s it, they’re on.

The idea is to take over “It’s got a momentum of its the big stage on the day own” he adds “Manchester following the annual Proms has had its day, Leeds and In The Park concert, and Reading have got music The Fall, Peter Hook and festivals, and now it’s time John Cooper Clarke are to put Salford on the music among the big names set map. It’s been hard work to feature. A free fringe but it’s all looking good.” event will also happen in pubs all over Salford open The Salford Music to any local band. Festival’s main event is set to happen on Sunday 12th “Every band in Salford will September with a ticket be able to play and they price of £25, with any will be rotating around the profits going to community different pubs that have projects in Weaste. The signed up” says Ed Blaney, free fringe festival will who’s determined to make happen on the 9th, 10th the event happen “It’s all and 11th of September. about exposing the talent Check out the Facebook that’s in Salford, that’s group for updates. why I’m doing it. If a band MAXINE PEAKE STARS AS MISS ANNE LISTER

ECCLESTON DOES LENNON NAKED

Christopher Eccleston childhood, disillusionment is to play John Lennon with Britain and primal in a new one off drama scream psychotherapy. for BBC4, that aims to Don’t expect any happy dig deep into the psyche moptops… of the former Beatles landowner, industrialist Salford based actress Lennon Naked goes out on and traveller, and has legend. Maxine Peake – who’s BBC4 on June 9th. starred in every brilliant been dubbed `Britain’s first drama on telly, from modern lesbian’. Lennon Naked depicts the Shameless to See No Evil time from 1967-71, the and Criminal Justice – “Hopefully with this film and period after the death of takes the lead in the new documentary she will reach Beatles’ manager Brian BBC blockbuster The a wider audience exposing Epstein, when Lennon Secret Diaries of Anne them to this inspirational and divorced his wife Cynthia, Lister. formidable woman” says found Yoko and the avant Maxine “I am honoured but garde, and established petrified to be embarking on The 90 minute drama, a contact with his long lost the role of such a pioneering kind of Brontes with a twist, father, Freddie. is based on the life of Anne lady!” Lister and her recently The drama is far from an deciphered four million The drama which also stars easy watching version word diaries, most of which Coronation Street’s Tina were written in code. Anne O’Brien, will be screened on of John Lennon, and Lister lived in the early 19th BBC2 during June 9th. focuses on a troubled Century, was a Yorkshire SalfordMediaScene Page 5 NO SALFORD ARTISTS UNLOCKING THE QUAYS

Five artists have been chosen to create public art at Salford Quays but none involved in the £175,000 project are from Salford…

As part of The Lowry’s 10th Sheffield based David residents and workers quality public art and, anniversary celebrations, Appleyard who “creates at Salford Quays. But no equally important, with five artists will create work which encourage Salford artists involved? extensive experience of heritage inspired public art a measure of personal working with community works at Salford Quays, connection” and Cheshire A spokesperson for The groups. drawing on the history of based collective Broadbent, Lowry explained… the docks and working with which will be “collaborating “The brief for the project Salford’s community. closely with a group of “The Lowry ran an open was promoted through former Manchester Dock tender competition to a wide range of outlets, The Heritage Lottery workers” to “create a appoint lead artists for the including national funded project Unlocking touching testament to Unlocking Salford Quays publications (such as the The Quays will be untaken the former life of Salford project. The brief was not visual arts newsletter, A-N) by artists including Ingrid Quays”. focussed on attracting and local media including Hu, from Taiwan, who will artists from any specific the Salford Advertiser” she be `looking at the area as The five artists will each geographical area, instead added “Whilst a number of a metaphoric entity that receive £35,000 to work it focussed on two essential submissions were received allowed the movement on the art pieces with criteria – we were looking from north-west artists, of goods and people’, schoolchildren, local for artists with a track none were received from families, and current record of producing high Salford-based artists.”

THE START CHOIR OF SALFORD

Want some fun? Need to relaxed atmosphere. She had been a professional open up your lungs and Alice and Louise of Simply singer in a band, until the have a good old sing- Singing are two enthusiastic, stress of her busy lifestyle, along? Then you must warm and encouraging plus being a single mum, join the new Choir for leaders. These two had became too much and Salford… Salfordians are `interested she retreated into herself. in the effect of group singing She was so happy to have Words by Alice Searle on people’s mental health’ joined the choir, which she Photos by Steve Ward and they soon had people sees as a way to regain her The Start Choir of Salford laughing, moving and confidence. meets every Tuesday from Salford’s new choir is for chatting at the first session The choir completed 5.30pm-7pm at the Start Centre, anyone; you don’t have to earlier this year. its first session with Brunswick House. Broad Street. have experience. The aim Aileen, who dropped in ‘on an African song, in an Ring Michelle, 0161 351 6000, is just to relax, meet friends the spur’ having just seen African language, sang in at the Start centre for more and make some good the poster, said that the harmony…Pretty good for information. It’s £3 per session, sounds, in a friendly and togetherness of the group- beginners. and anyone can go. singing made her feel good. STUDENTS HIT LONDON FASHION WEEK

Three students from their final garments to be Pendleton College and modelled on the catwalk Eccles College have at London Fashion Week in September. made the finals in the “It’s fantastic” says Fiona 2010 Fashion Futures 2 “It feels amazing to be a project, seeing off over finalist as I really didn’t one hundred other expect to get so far, so entrants. I’m ecstatic with the result.” Fiona Aldred and Kimberly Bolton from Pendleton The project is run by College, and Emily Rogers creative charity FAD, from Eccles College, in partnership with the will join other finalists University of Salford in a week long summer and Aimhigher, and the school at the University of students will compete in East London to make up the FAD Junior Awards Final.

SALFORD STARS

The Salford Star is currently looking for writers, photographers and digital artists to brighten up its website. The community centred magazine, which promises attitude and love, has been online only at www. salfordstar.com as it struggles to overcome funding problems to get back into print.

Anyone interested in helping out can contact info@ salfordstar.com or phone 07957 982960

MUSIC COURSES FOR IPHONE

of courses in everything from song writing to DJing, to promoting, producing and sound engineering by video for download and for iPhone.

The courses are free for those resident in Salford and unemployed and there are also new face to face courses being offered, including `make your own CD’ in which participants get the opportunity to Salford based Music write, record and produce Industry Learning - which a record in one day. labels itself as `the world’s There’s also an opportunity first virtual music academy’ to have a music video – has been delivering filmed and have it music related courses via broadcast during Salford the internet for some time. Film Festival. But it’s now branching out by launching hundreds Check out www. musicindustrylearning.com SalfordMediaScene Page 7 ART FROM THE SALFORD HOOD Swinton’s Joe Coffey has only been painting for two I also do bits of landscapes. I years but is already being likened to a 21st Century started practising to see if I could do different scenes, and to try out Lowry. Here he explains how and why he got into different materials to see what I tracking Salford on canvas… could come up with. I just paint anything that comes into my mind Photos by Phil Hamer really. I’m still learning. I’ve had two exhibitions at the I started drawing and painting two Salford is at the heart of my work gallery on Eccles precinct and years ago after my brother died - the community spirit and the have had a lot of interest in my to take my mind off it. I’d never way people were, always helping artworks. I have been asked on done any art before, not at school each other out, that’s what I many occasions if they were for or anything, no art classes, I just remember. It’s still there in a lot of sale. I didn’t think that far ahead taught myself... I just did bits of places, definitely. But developers when I exhibited them but if I got drawing and stuff of Salford and come into an area, take what the right offer I would consider it Salford life. Everyone compares they need and then go. What it to Lowry, I don’t know why, I happened to all the youth clubs Joe Coffey’s next exhibition is suppose it’s the style I started and all the other stuff there was to at The Langworthy Cornerstone doing. do? And there’s so many parts of beginning 13th September 2010. Salford that are no longer there. I try to paint life in general, on the streets. I don’t know why I started I just paint Salford old and new doing hoodies, I just began - the Keystone pub, the Kettle sketching and progressed from Drum pub, Strangeways riots, the there. It’s just real, life. I’ve had a street artist on the Precinct, the lot of positive comments about breakdancers on the streets…I my paintings, everyone seems to suppose my paintings have like the hoody style. turned out to be documenting life in Salford. SalfordMediaScene Page 9 SWINGING‘Stick SALFORD to your dreams’ First appearing on Coronation Street at just 16, Walkden lad Alan Halsall has been a constant feature on tv as Tyrone Dobbs for Why don’t we see more of you nearly ten years. But has fame taken the Salford out of the soap outside of the Street? star? It’s just not for me. I’d much rather go to the pub with my mates, they Albert Spiby takes tee with Al and gets some advice on how to keep my feet firmly on the ground. swing a job in telly… What perks come with being a celebrity? Albert: What got you into acting that people seemed to like. I’m a I don’t really get into that…I have in the first place? lot like that in real life, less chubby been invited to some great golf Alan: Well there was no family now though, but I am very much days, I’ve won Alex Ferguson’s history of acting or anything. I did acting when I play Tyrone. I’m not Golf Tournament twice and I also bits and pieces in primary school, like him at all. Play in Ant and Dec’s tournaments put on plays for my mates, and too. That’s why I brought you here really enjoyed just having a good to Astley Golf Centre, I love my time. “I hope I can golf and I get peace here.

What was your first big break? encourage others to Where’s the weirdest place you I attended Walkden High School been asked for an autograph? and my best friend Chris Roberts chase their dream as People ask me when I’m in the loo! (who’s still my best friend) dared I did…” They hold out their hand for me to me to take part in an audition for shake. I just say `I’ll gladly see you Children’s Ward (ITV). This wasn’t You’ve recently got married outside when you’ve washed your something I took seriously, it was to fellow Corrie star Lucy Jo hands mate!’ just a laugh. Until I got home and Hudson - how’s that worked my mum asked me why ITV had out? When you first started to earn been on the phone…No-one Fantastic. Best day of my life by money what did you buy? had any idea that I’d gone for an far. The actual day was awesome. I got a tricked out Corsa that had audition! Very emotional too, my brother all the body kit on it but I had to was my Best Man, we were both get rid because it wouldn’t get That was my first ever job, I was in tears. Since then, life with Lucy over the speed bumps outside chuffed because there had been Jo has been awesome. my house - I’d hate to have driven 10,000 kids who’d auditioned and down the cobbles in it… I got one of the two parts. Mint. Has she taken your name? In day to day life yeah, but not What advice would you give You did adverts at first how was professionally, she’s worked hard to a budding young actor from that? to establish herself, it would be Salford? I did a Dairylea commercial. They silly to change now. The advice I’d always give is to were fun to do and gave me some stick with it. Don’t be put off by experience of the industry – and You’re both good actors...how people telling you to get a real they took me to South Africa, I do you know when each other job - loads of people said that think it was to guarantee sunshine are being yourselves? to me. I stuck at my dream and for filming but who cares? I was a We have to trust each other, but if it worked for me. Try and get in kid getting a free holiday! she is acting, then she deserves a with a good local agency like I bleedin Oscar! did. Get involved in school plays, How did your school friends amateur dramatics and such. Any react to your `fame’? Shall we skip the cliched experience is good experience. I Mostly they took the piss! They question about what the rest hope I can encourage others to used to sing the Dairylea song at of the cast are like, followed by chase their dream as I did… me, that’s all I’d hear when walking your equally cliched answer that up the school corridors. No one, they’re just like family? What does the future hold - including me, ever thought it Yeah let’s skip that. (Laughs) Hollywood or Weatherfield? would turn out the way it did. For the foreseeable I’m really What do you do when you’re not happy to stay at Weatherfield as You’ve never really been out of working? long they want me but an ambition work, how come? Play golf mostly, watch Man of mine is to play Ray Winstone’s I think my persona and United, ride motorcross and walk son in a British Movie. He’s a appearance just filled a niche, my dog Ruudy, named after Ruud legend, a fantastic actor. being a cheeky little chubby kid Van Nistelroy, and Puggle, a pug crossed with a beagle. Photography by Albert Spiby

Alan teaches Reece Oliver, age 8, to swing…

SalfordMediaScene Page 11 From hippy chick to full on rock starlet, Girl Peculiar is living up to the expectations of her name - touring with The Fall, recording the most freaky World Cup anthem in history and getting chucked out of radio stations… o there she was, Girl Peculiar, in the studios of Wythenshawe FM of all places, strumming along Sand singing a live version of a song called Angel Groupie Girl… `I want bangers and mash, with Johnny Cash, and I would sleep with Elvis on our very first date…I want to kiss in the rain, with Kurt Cobain, and I’d kiss him so hard he’d have no room to complain…’. And then she hits the chorus… `I want to be your drugs, I want to be your alcohol, I want to be your cocaine angel girl’…

“They threw us out” she says sweetly “It was just me and my guitar and I was singing it hippy acoustic girl style and that was it… `Out!’…We couldn’t help laughing and Ed, my manager, said `As soon as you start working with Mark E Smith you get all punk rock’. But it’s all fun and we’re not harming “The World Cup track came out of “I feel like there’s a vibe going on anyone.” the blue when Mark approached in Salford at the moment, more Ed and I saying he wanted to work so than Manchester” she says It’s certainly been a transformation. with us on it” says Jenny “I was just “Salford’s all around me and in the And it’s coincided with a move from up in my room writing my own stuff, air and I’m happy here, so the place Bolton to Salford, and from real I think it was about a nightclub must be inspiring me.” name Jenny Shuttleworth to Girl or something mad like that, and Peculiar, glam indie rock starlet. Ed shouted up `I like that’, and It’s set to continue with a summer it’s now on the record. I was a bit full of gigs and festivals set up “I’d rather people were apprehensive when Mark first heard and a first official track release it but he said `Turn the guitar part imminent. rocking out to the up I love it’. I never thought it would music than sipping end up on the World Cup record.” “I feel like there’s a herbal tea to it” To complement Jenny further, her vibe going on in Salford second name, Shuttleworth, has at the moment, more “I like being different” says Jenny, been used as the band’s name for whose Girl Peculiar name was born England’s Heartbeat. Girl Peculiar so than Manchester” on a long bus ride in Thailand “I has also been out on a mini tour said I’d like to be called Peculiar with The Fall to complete the “Maybe a couple of my songs will but that sounds rubbish on its own, transformation from acoustic singer be more mainstream now and we so my friend twisted it around to song-writer to full on rock band. won’t get thrown off radio stations” Girl Peculiar and it seemed to make The style change can be heard Jenny smiles “I don’t know. I just sense. I was making mad costumes from the original You Tube video of try and write songs that are a bit at that time and I was writing about Bangers and Mash (Angel Groupie) out of the box. I just don’t want to stuff that was a different from the to the hard rock track that’s now up be a girl with a guitar writing about norm so it all seemed to fit.” on the Girl Peculiar myspace site. clichéd things.” But then Jenny has always been “Yep, I’ve now gone all rock chicky” Jenny just wants to be a Girl different from the run-of-the-mill girl agrees Jenny “It’s completely Peculiar… with guitar princesses. She’s come different with a full on band which is out of the bizarre burlesque scene more interesting. I’d rather people You can see the Angel Groupie and has well fitted in with the mad were rocking out to the music than Girl video at www.youtube.com/ Salford music scene, collaborating sipping herbal tea to it. It’s more watch?v=huIipjxTDfQ with The Fall’s Mark E Smith and fun. It’s more like an adventure… Ed Blaney on the off its head World ”It’s an adventure that’s led her to You can keep up with Girl Cup anthem, England’s Heartbeat. hook up with Salford musicians and Peculiar news and hear sample And Ed’s now managing the Girl to set up home here. tracks at www.myspace.com/ Peculiar band. girlpeculiar

SalfordMediaScene Page 13 BAD LADS AND BENCHES With a feature film and a string of plays showing around salary. Dave’s target is to retire by Greater Manchester, Joe O’Byrne has depicted working the time he’s fifty and he is more than on target for that...guess who’s class life lived large and real. Here he explores why bringing up the rear? Salford turns him on creatively… “Something was missing...and You know, I’m gonna have to move Christmas her and dad pawned you’re only here ONCE…” to Salford... their watches for Christmas dinner for us, and a couple of plastic I could have gone the same way as I’m a Bolton lad, born and bred, parachute soldiers (loved ‘em, Dave, and indeed I did for a long the eldest of two brothers (Dave you threw them up in the air and time...but something was missing... is three year younger) born to Irish the cellophane bag acted as a and you’re only here ONCE. So parents who came to England in parachute) an apple, an orange and in my late thirties I sacked off a the mid fifties. Dad came over some sweets, all lovingly hung in well paid high flying retail career when he was 14 and got his first a stocking at the side of the coal to chase down a few dreams. And wages labouring down Salford fire of our council flat – I’m not sure if there’s one thing I’d been good Docks. He didn’t have the best if it’s the best Christmas we ever at in my life up to that point it was education in the world by any had but I think it must have been, dreaming... stretch but what he lacked in because it’s the only one from education he more than made up childhood that I really remember. Initially I wanted to be an actor. So I for in sheer will and determination, took a course at Salford University, retiring comfortably by the time he Mum and Dad live very comfortably managed to get an agent halfway was 47. now, and they more than deserve through and snagged quite a few the best of times from their bit parts on TV. But it was at Uni He is the epitome of the self made remaining years. They worked hard that I developed a real passion man with the good love of a strong for us, but Family remains the most for writing and directing, kind of woman backing him every step of important thing in their lives. Dave accidentally, and it’s now in the the way. Mum always put family has done very well for himself, a blood. A serious infection and there first, working all hours for the first high flying retail trouble shooter is no cure. few years of marriage, and one commanding a very impressive I still love acting and will get as Paradise Heights, an estate that CRIS (Creative Industry in Salford), much in as I can – but writing and is an amalgamation of three who do some amazing stuff and directing (for both stage and film) communities that have really have free classes starting up all the are now my real passions. Twelve influenced my writing - Halliwell time. Also in terms of film there’s years on and I might be as poor where I live in Bolton, Lower Future Artists, they’re always up to as a church mouse but creatively I Broughton in Salford and Hulme in summat. feel like a millionaire. It’s been slow Manchester, thriving communities burning, and the road has certainly that are surviving in adversity Poetry? Music? Comedy? Music? been a tough one but there may be and poverty against the odds. Check out Studio Salford’s embyro a few rewards on the horizon. And it’s that survival mentality nights, which let you try out your living in these communities that stuff in front of an audience. Diary Of A Bad Lad (shot for under underpins my writing, my stories, £5,000, written by Jon Williams and my characters, their lives and their My better half, Jo Carlon, is a directed by Michael Booth) in which very real predicaments – real life Salford girl and a great artist, and I am essentially the ‘Bad Lad’ of the that at its ugliest finds true moments we both present the Jo Joe Show title, has a limited cinema release of beauty. At least that’s what I’m on Salford City Radio every Friday and will be on DVD at the end of trying to do. And so far so good. at 10am (94.4FM or online www. June. And Classic Entertainment salfordcityradio.org). I’m currently who now own the film are currently “From a creative arts point of working with Salford Arts Theatre in negotiation with at least six view I don’t think there has ever writing a project based on three different countries for the TV rights – been a better time in Salford.” generations living in Salford, I have so, maybe jam tomorrow. an office space in Islington Mill, and I’m Frank Morgan, The Bench and most of my productions premiere in In terms of my own enterprise, Rank are three more plays that Salford – so yeah, I think there’s a the feature film Lookin’ For Lucky came from Paradise Heights. All of pattern developing here... (which I wrote and produced) will be them played The Lowry over the released in the second quarter of last 18 months and really connected You know, I’m gonna have to move this year and one American network well with audiences and critics. to Salford... has already picked up the film. The Bench also played Studio I’m particularly proud of that as it Salford and The Library Theatre. I’m For more info on Joe O’Byrne’s was shot on the streets of Bolton, currently writing Torch, the fifth story work check out www.myebook. Salford and Manchester for the to come from Paradise Heights and com and search for ‘Tales from princely sum of £3500 – done, like it will premiere ‘somewhere’ around Paradise Heights’ – an ebook full Bad Lad, out of our own pockets Manchester/Salford later this year. of videos, text and photos. without any arts grants, subsidies or Over the next couple of years I’m The Bench is being performed at financial assistance of any kind. hoping to turn both The Bench and Salford Arts Theatre from June Rank into feature films, I’m just 30th-July 3rd Both these films are packed to the looking for investment. www.salfordartstheatre.co.uk gills with local thus far unknown 0161 925 0111 talent, talent that shares that From a creative arts point of view passion for expression and a ‘get I don’t think there has ever been a Studio Salford: Kings Arms, Bloom up and go’ attitude to getting things better time in Salford. Whether you St, M3 6AN www.studiosalford.com done against the odds. If we can are in education or not it’s not hard The Lowry Studio: www.thelowry. get two feature films out there made to get involved – it’s all out there on com for £8500 between us, what could your doorstep. There’s a real thriving CRIS: 0161 839 7983 www. we do if they gave us some serious fringe theatre network that covers unleashingcreativity.org money...? the ever eclectic Studio Salford, Islington Mill: James St, M3 5HW Salford Arts Theatre, Islington Mill www.islingtonmill.com Lookin’ For Lucky is set on the and The Lowry Studio. If you’re Future Artists: see Film feature fictional North West estate of interested in film making check out Embryo: see Arts Preview feature

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*FILM VIEWS*

The short film, Broken Britain, featured in the last issue of Salford Photo by Media Scene has now had its digital Miroslav Andjelkovic release at the Cannes Film Festival through the unique online medium of myebook…

Things have moved on a bit since DVDs and You Tube, as artists are increasingly launching work through myebook, a digital book that contains anything you want to put into it… photos, words, trailers and whole films.

Future Artists is launching its digital delivery of the short film Broken Britain via its Don’t Send Postcards myebook project, which has `pages’ filled with clips of the film, videos of its making, illustrations, interviews with the production team and finally, TOMB IT MAY CONCERN for a £1 fee, the film itself. Frank Gallagher might not seem broken relationship with his Broken Britain, directed and produced the greatest of muses but one of brother (played by Joe Fitzsimons) by Mark Ashmore, centred on the his scenes from Shameless has through a video shot in his treatment of troops returning to inspired a serious short film about remaining four weeks of life. Unlike Salford after fighting in Iraq and death and sibling anguish. Shameless, there’s no laughs and Afghanistan, denied access to a club not even any soundtrack as Mike purely because of their army status. “Our film is based on the idea of a wants the film to convey “stark 50p of the £1 will go towards the video from beyond the grave, after reality”. charity, Help For Heroes, while the we saw Frank on Shameless do it” other 50p will go towards the huge says Mike Campbell who shot and The 15 minute movie is written costs of Future Artists getting its edited the film, Again. I Won’t. “He and directed by James Gorse, feature film, Don’t Send Postcards, basically did this message from the and has been made as part of a made. afterlife and we started from that professional broadcasting degree idea and worked backwards.” at the University of Salford. It will You can access the digital book by be shown at the Kino Film Festival, going to www.myebook.com and The film sees a bloke who’s dying possibly the Salford Film Festival searching for Don’t Send Postcards of cancer (played by Graham and definitely on YouTube. or follow the links at www.yourstate. Williamson) try to reconcile a co.uk or www.futureartists.co.uk Photo by Frank Halls got me started, and then year old boy who has just UNITED when I saw all the other A BOY CALLED DAD become a father. paintings the memories The first feature film from COLOURS OF came back – Duncan Salford based production Abandoned by his own Edwards made me think company, Made Up North, dad Joe, Robbie snatches SALFORD of my granddad, there concerns a dad, a boy and his baby son and goes on was The Cliff in the 50s his lad… the run. As Joe joins the and what really touched search for Robbie, they are Colin Blaney, author me was the picture of Recently voted an audience of the iconic scally each forced to face up to a tree that grew out of favourite at the Edinburgh the past and what it really book Grafters, has the players’ tunnel after Film Festival, A Boy Called means to be a father. A Boy now made a film Old Trafford had been Dad is now on general Called Dad was centred around bombed in the War. release. Starring Harry described as “warm, witty, Potter actor, Ian Hurt, and wonderful” by Stuart Harold Riley’s “My mate, Dave, is a big marking the acting debut football paintings… Maconie on Radio 2 and City fan so he’s talking of Kyle Ward, the film tells should be in selected about Dennis Law” he the story of Robbie, a 14 cinemas now. He might be better adds “and John Henshaw known for portraying is also a City fan, despite gangsters and footy being in the Eric Cantona hoolies in print, but Colin film, so he’s talking about Blaney is now branching the `holy trinity’ of Lee, out into film with a thirty Bell and Summerbee.” minute movie based on Harold Riley’s paintings The film, with the of Man United players, provisional title of and a few City heroes, Our Harold, also takes which were exhibited at in Neil’s Friery on Salford Museum and Art Langworthy Road, where Gallery last year. a Riley picture hangs on the wall, and the screen the drama of those The film was shot in the artist makes a cameo Salford soldiers who come back to Gallery during the final appearance talking about the civil life, and despite hours of the Beautiful his friend Neil Bullivant Revisited being an experimental Game exhibition, with who ran the famous film made by students Colin and friends, chippy and passed away In this ten minute film, on a SCMP/CRIS film including actor John last year. ex-soldier Josh returns Henshaw, talking about from the war in Iraq with making course, stands the footy memories post traumatic stress out due to the originality Meanwhile, by popular of the script and special Riley’s paintings inspire. demand, Colin Blaney disorder and is confined in a sanatorium. His family effects, alongside good is busy adding new performances. “I walked into the chapters and photos to try to help him, even his exhibition and the first estranged father, as more the Grafters book which The group that made thing I saw was a life than the war scars, the film will appear on his website this film has now been sized Alex Ferguson and I is about the reconciliation in the very near future. nominated for an Adult closed the door, I thought of father and son. See www.colinblaney. Learner’s Award. it was him and I’d come com for further details. at the wrong time!” Salford Revisited is an Words by Oliver Milatovic. laughs Colin “That’s what attempt to bring onto

SalfordMediaScene Page 17 SHOCK! HORROR! THE CARTOON PREQUEL Salford’s first ever horror film, Mark Macready and with a few familiar faces, to the Archangel Murders, was solve the mystery and bring the festooned with movie awards perpetrators to cold blooded and critical acclaim. Now justice. the gore and splatter of the comes the gob smacking, gore- Archangel Murders? splattered, gun toting, monster Once again comprising comedy mashing, crime crunching, with a sprinkle of horror, Mark Find out by clicking on www. cartoon comic prequel… Macready: Underworld Tales is archangelmurders.com after written and executive produced June 19th 2010. You can also When the short spoof slasher by Salford’s Paul Feeney and follow all the news on Twitter movie Mark Macready and the Ryan McDermott. And this www.twitter.com/markmacready Archangel Murders came out brand new story is directed and last year it literally blew the cult animated by Gavin Johnson. horror scene away with its skits What will happen before all of every scream-laden B-movie in Hollywood history. It played at film festivals throughout the world and was hailed by UK horror magazine, Gorezone as “truly independent British film at its best”.

The film is being released online at www.archangelmurders.com on June 19th, and accompanying it is an animated prequel called Mark Macready: Underworld Tales, set before the events of the Archangel Murders.

The cartoon sees the population of domesticated animals across Manchester and Salford begin to disappear and it’s up to Detective Macready, along The Other Side Of Salford TOILET HUMOUR!

Spooky stuff is the after university, Student inspiration for a new Vision Film’s main aim feature film, The Other is to “create a link for Side, which is being students to make films split into episodes and and get the experience uploaded on You Tube, needed to kick-start as film makers create their career” says The toilets at the old provided the ideal their own production Samantha. They fund Colgate Factory on location according to company. everything themselves, Ordsall Lane have Chris... have already had a become the location for Words: short film premiered a new short film called “I had approached in the Dawn O’Connor in Manchester called Bog Standard, set in a region of fifty commercial Fosser, and have loo… property agents, but as Set in an abandoned another, 117, in the soon as I mentioned that I was looking for a toilet, warehouse, with making. When the ten minute a television crew comedy, Bog Standard, the line would either go rather quiet, or I’d hear and a medium, The was first premiered earlier Meanwhile, The Other this year the audience somebody chuckle” Other Side is a cross Side isn’t a totally was led ten at a time he recalls “In the end I between Most Haunted untrue story. After into the Gents at the got through to Canning and Paranormal sitting on their own Dancehouse theatre in O’Neil, who thankfully Activity. Seventy in rooms for twenty Manchester to see the did neither and instead minutes long when minutes recording film. As the credits rolled, helpfully suggested pieced together, the footage there was “a the lead actor emerged that I take a look at the film has been split bit of activity, it was so from one of the cubicles Soapworks on Ordsall into episodes but its random” says Damon much to the surprise of Lane, which turned out to makers are hoping to Laffin. And after taking everyone present. Similar be perfect for our needs enter it into the Salford themes are afoot for the pictures for continuity, “We had access to the Film Festival as a movie’s showing at the an alleged orb was Salford Film Festival later whole factory, which was feature film. also present over this year. vast” he adds “and in a Samantha’s picture. way it’s a real shame that The Other Side is Bog Standard is written we were confined to a loo the brainchild of four To watch ‘The Other and directed by North for the whole duration of University Of Salford Side’ visit www.youtube. West New Wave acolyte filming.” students Daniel com/otherside1302 Colin Warhust, who also Langham, Damon or join their Facebook produced it with Chris With planning permission Laffin, Samantha Lusby group for updated news Lane, and centres around now set for the and Thomas Gombos and films. a bloke who goes on transformation of the who have created a quick toilet break at Colgate Factory into their own production work only to find there flats and shops, this mini movie might well be the company, Student isn’t any loo roll left. Or, as the blurb states…`All area’s lasting celluloid Vision Films. John wanted to do was legacy… Wanting to set up the poo…However it soon company professionally becomes a nightmare…’ More details at www. The Colgate Factory bogstandardfilm.com SalfordMediaScene Page 19 TheThe SlayerSlayer ofof SalfordSalford

Mike Atherfold signed up for a SCMP Film Making we could expect to panning and tilting, course. Little did he know he was about to star gain experience in. setting the white as a blood sucking vampire in a monster movie. We discussed films/ balance, zooming Mike writes about his experience as a horror flick directors we liked, and other technical star…. watched a couple of functions involving the short films previous camera itself. We were Photos by Allen Fiander and Suzi Hoffman groups had produced, all involved in filming, and we started sound, scene building, First and foremost throwing around ideas storyboarding and something new and my overall experience about possible film acting. exciting really appealed of this project was themes and genres. to me. I had no fun, fun, fun, and a The project had experience whatsoever month or so later it still By the end of the first developed into a film in film making but had continues to be, as session we had loosely called The Slayer of been a Professional some of us have taken decided on a Silent Salford, which was Photographer for it upon ourselves to Movie idea (which to be a tongue in many years, so had an do some editing of our later would develop cheek, horror, film noir interest in composition own. So as you can tell further) and from that creation. It certainly and lighting etc. the course has had a moment on the course got my creative juices lasting effect on me. would consist of two flowing, and I found On starting the course three hour sessions per myself waking in the I found everyone was Before the course week. We were taught night having ideas pretty much at the started I was very all aspects of the film which I simply had to same level as me. The much at a loose end. I making process, and write down. Thankfully first session was a had lost my confidence took turns in setting most of these ideas general introduction to and direction in life, so up, handling, focusing, made it to the final cut. the challenge of trying each other and what I never envisaged that she stumbles across I would be starring in the Slayer who helps the project, but I can her seek out the say that it was the vampire. most fun. I played the part of Mr Gandi, who During the making of we first see in an open The Slayer of Salford coffin at the Chapel of we covered all aspects Rest surrounded by of film making including friends and family. The the editing process, dead man arises from however I did feel his rest and chases this could have been after the screaming longer as it was quite A Salford Fairytale mourners, he has technically demanding. transformed into some The Travelling Artist good for her or bad for sort of Nosferatu-like On the whole the Produced by Ben Rose, her if he comes…” monster. He captures course was a joy to be Written by Jenny Grant; one of the guests and part of and I genuinely Directed by Jeremy The artist, Lucy (played feasts on their blood… looked forward to Blackmore by Holly Marie Lawrence), attending each week, goes on an investigation …Meanwhile the widow The course leaders and Words by Graham around the city to see if Williamson runs around screaming, fellow film makers were the mysterious man is Photo by Steve trying to find someone a pleasure to work with real and the locations Mimmack to help her. Eventually and I hope to do so take in the Working again in the future. Class Movement Library, A modern day fairytale Islington Mill, Peel Park set in Salford? You better and the old cottage on believe it. The Travelling Frederick Road. The Salford Film Festival Artist centres on a young theme of the film is based female artist who has around the 1920s German lost her creativity but The 7th Salford Film Festival takes place Expressionism and the keeps dreaming of a in November this year and they are taking locations, Ben says, lend dark mysterious man submissions until August. If you’ve got a film, it a Gothic taste to add to who promises to help her short, long or medium that you think Salford the mystery. regain it. audiences must see, send a DVD to Steve The twenty minute Balshaw, Programme Manager, Salford Film “The character she’s film, endorsed by the Festival, International Media centre, Adelphi House, dreaming of is known as University of Salford, The Crescent, Salford M3 6EN. `the silhouette’ in northern caters for what Ben calls folklore, it’s a figure of the `art house fans’ and Further details at www.salfordfilmfestival.org dreams that is called should tour to worldwide for by a person’s soul film festivals in the near when they are lacking future. Another of his inspiration” says the film’s short movies, a thriller producer Ben Rose “It’s called Borderlines, is ambiguous whether its currently being shown throughout Europe.

SalfordMediaScene Page 21 M44 IS MAKIN’ CHANGE…

A top Salford rap Fresh Connections, We’ve been trying to video is currently which is me, Don and push our music out Ben. Mikey wants to do ripping up You there, but this is the his own thing. We’re main one, the beginning… Tube, picking all mates and have been Ben aka Vybez 17, from up thousands of since back in the day Irlam and now we’ve got a sort hits as the M44 We all wrote the track – it’s just a message crew from Irlam that we get treated and Cadishead do “Sick of being stereotyped by the unfairly really, never it real, raw and get an opportunity or people positive… any back up, or the Just because we’re recognition. You’ve got Shot on location in young they don’t to do everything for Ordsall with stunning treat us equal… yourself. In Irlam and backdrops of Salford, thing to do in this Cadishead most people know that we do it. We the new video by the M44 town at all…” project, featuring Fresh started in the youth Connections and Mikey B, club then we carried on and have done our own and graffiti from Cruel, of little music movement is bringing rap back to tracks for about a year with M44 but the crew is and done a few shows. its local roots. Here, three of us. the crew plus Renee from We had nothing going Suite 57, which put the This video was an on, had no opportunities experience, I wasn’t project together, tell and we’ve always wanted all… very confident but by to do a video, and then the end I was posing Renee popped up and it Joe aka Voltz – 17, from and everything. We’ve was like `No way is she promoted it a bit but Irlam doing this!’ It was just We all know each other the track has done it shocking, mad and we itself. and have a bit of a crew couldn’t believe it, in a good way obviously. Michael –aka Mikey B 17, In Cadishead there’s Because they’re a from Irlam nowt to do, so I go down collective and do their I’ve been doing it a to Irlam and there’s own things too we now long time – MCing since nowt much to do there, want to develop the I was 6 around Irlam. so I just chill with my separateness and see the We did the track at mates and make music. reaction, so we’re going Blueprint studio in This is definitely a way to throw a few more Salford and 50 Cent has out, and I’m doing it at tunes out and see what been in there too, so college too. We’re going people go for. it was a new experience to stick together and for me. I’m glad that carry on… See the video here… the music’s positively www.youtube.com/user/ influencing people’s Renee Byrne aka Suite 57 salfordundergroundtv moods as well and making (with Mark Byrne) them feel happy… We did this because See the lads here… they’ve got nowhere to www.youtube.com/ Ryan – aka The Don 17, go and nothing to do and emfourfour from Cadishead it’s like where are the Nearly two years ago resources? I heard about “My mother said it’s we went to the youth the YSDF funds that CRIS hard in life club and they got us had and I knew these recording a track and it lads need exactly that The decision’s yours started from there. We support. to decide all chipped in together This has been an Do you think we for a recording mic, me, experiment to see what should change our Jo and Ben, and started happens and the reaction ways making our own tunes. has come from the normal We find a beat first and scene but also from a Or are things going then pick a topic – lot of older people who to stay the same? We’ve done one about gun have said they are now Things will always culture, having a good seeing young people as be the same time at the weekend – they are, not through And it’s only you this one’s just a dead the curtains of the who can make a positive message saying media which has given that we’re not all bad them a bad rap. change…” just ‘cos we’re rappers.

SalfordMediaScene Page 23 PETER: FEEDING THE MEDIA FACTORY HOOK Tales of the working class kid from Salford

Peter Hook is the working class kid from Salford who’s done it all in the media – millions of hits with Joy Division and New Order…co-owner of the hippest club in the world, the Hacienda… DJing at gigs all over the place…writer of a best selling book How Not To Run A Club… Hooky recently opened The Factory Club: FAC251, which gives gigs to local bands, has a new album out with supergroup Freebass (starring Mani from The Stone Roses and Andy Rourke from The Smiths), and is currently touring the country doing a speaking tour with Howard Marks. There’s no end to it all… But what advice would he give to young people from Salford who are trying to get on in the media?

My mother used to it still feels like a very wishy washy you won’t on MySpace who are always say to me special thing to be pull it off, and that’s trying and most of them when I was lay there in. It’s about pushing why in the end it comes are very good but very on a Saturday morning yourself and doing down to belief – you few of them will get that underneath the duvet something that you have to believe in what break – but if you don’t `You do nowt you get believe in. you’re doing. try, and believe in what nowt, our Peter’ and it’s you’re doing, then you as simple as that. If you believe that it’s “…as I keep won’t do it will you? worth doing then that I became a musician at tends to be what will telling my Media City is an twenty and found that I happen – the thing daughter, you opportunity. I must Photos by Jemma Cooper had a talent for writing is that I see a lot of admit I’ve taken great music which I’d never people who start in the have to get off delight when I’ve been even considered before business which we now your arse and at the BBC in London that age – and once I’d term media – music, sell yourself” doing interviews and found that it became television, any kind of people have asked all encompassing and entertainment – drop off Basically do what `What’s Salford like?’ Ha very empowering really. because it attacks you you can to the best ha ha – I say `Oh you’ll When you start a group very personally when of your ability and the love it, it’s like Bowden it’s very difficult getting it goes wrong. You rest will come but only with a canal’. Media into the scene but once need to have a pretty if you keep going. I City has got to be good you get into it, it’s very strong character to do it see thousands and for our city because addictive, very moreish; because if you’re at all thousands of groups it puts it back on the map – it’s going to make It’s the interest evoked it more interesting and through acid house, important. through Madchester, through the Hacienda, Can kids from Little through Factory Hulton, Ordsall and Records, Joy Division Langworthy get jobs and New Order, and I’m there? I think it depends very lucky that way. Now on the person. When that I’ve done it I get to I go round I meet a lot sit on my fat arse and of people and you can talk about it. I love and generally tell when you dig what I do so much speak to them whether that I just can’t say no to they’re going to do it or anything. When anyone not. If you look at the X presents me with an Factor it’s full of people idea I generally find a who think they’re great way to do it. It’s about but plainly aren’t – now pushing the boundaries, that is a weird kind of and imagination really is self belief that those what keeps you there. reality shows put into people. These things do stem from something I was The thing is that very successful with, you have to do your which was being in the homework, you’ve got group with the others to do the groundwork – I didn’t do it on my – and, as I keep telling own, and there were a my daughter, you have lot of other people who to get off your arse and were very talented too. sell yourself. That’s the I think that’s one thing problem with jobs, you that Manchester is good very much have to be at and that’s attracting a salesman for yourself talented people and and that is a difficult working together. Doing thing to learn. it on your own like I’m doing now is much more “If you look at difficult, much more unstable from the point the X Factor it’s of view that if you get full of people criticism there’s no-one to back you up – it’s all who think they’re aimed at me. great but plainly aren’t…” We get new bands to play in the Factory Club Writing those songs and for me it’s all about gave me a lot of helping in the way that I freedom. I’ve been a was helped. If you don’t do it then no-one will get musician for thirty years Freebass play a debut gig on June 2nd anywhere. Rob Gretton – I’m amazed I got away 2010 at the Factory Club in Manchester. with it for that long to and Tony Wilson always be honest – but that has used to say that you Freebass Two Worlds Collide EP, featuring enabled me to branch need to give something guest vocals by Tim Burgess, Pete out into all these other back - Manchester in Wylie and Howard Marks is out now on Hacienda Records things, like the speaking their case, Salford in our case. So you need tour and the book, More details, downloads and updates at which are all connected to give something back and I try to do as much www.fac51thehacienda.com because they stem as I possibly can to do from the same thing – The Hacienda: How Not To Run A Club a successful musical that. It’s not easy but (Simon and Schuster) £18.99 career. logical to me. SalfordMediaScene Page 25 There’s public money from all over the place being chucked at MediaCityUK… They’re saying that it’s being used to help Salford people get training and jobs there, and to involve us in the project. Is it all just talk and ticking boxes or is something good going to come out of MediaCityUK for Salford?

MediaCityUK WHAT’S IN IT FOR SALFORD?

£2million. First of all what Alison Surtees, from Creative Industry is it? hope the majority of in Salford, has been working with other them will be on the Alison: We’ve been doorstep, local. Within organisations to secure a £2million+ working for about 18 there we’ll have our own state of the art community facility called months with Radio little studio space for the Make Media centre at MediaCityUK. Regen, Community Media radio and an adaptable She has also been out in communities Association and Media space which could be Trust in a bid to get the for performance or a TV asking what people want from the Make Media project. What studio or whatever. It’s just development…. we’re looking to do is get for schools, communities and understand some a centre for community and small businesses of that and ensure media right in the heart that could never afford alford Media we link opportunities of MediaCityUK because the Peel Holdings’ rates Scene: for engagement to we know that’s the one to hire out a studio and SMediaCityUK employment, and how place where everyone can wouldn’t need anything of opens next year, yet people can access those come and engage and do, that size. The rates will be nobody seems to know things. because that’s what it’s all on a sliding scale. anything about it… People want to know - not about. how many jobs are coming For instance if schools are Alison: You ask because no-one knows - running a media diploma somebody what they but what businesses are We should they won’t have enough think of Media City likely to be coming and be there at money to set up those and they say `What is what skills they will need, the centre of facilities themselves in it?’ There is a small and then we can look at “ schools, and probably brochure but it’s the sorting the rest out, get MediaCityUK so wouldn’t need them all only thing that’s out people training and things they can’t ignore the time. But they could there in the public like that. It needs one us” tap into this and book a sphere. Most people central place where all this full day in a tv studio and want to know what information can be fed and First of all we’re make content or produce jobs and opportunities anyone can access it. talking about having are available for them, materials they need for a physical space that the course. It saves the from construction to You’re involved with will be welcoming in schools from having creative and media. the Make Media centre communities, and we to have those facilities My job has been to try which is costing over Photo by Steven Speed

themselves and it means Salford rather than on Alison: The money affordable and has great we’ll get young people another building? is a combination of facilities…’. We did an down there in the heart of £1.25 from North West event at The Lowry and the space. Alison: This money is Development Agency a lot of the feedback was regional, not just local, and (NWDA) and £570,000 that this was a good thing. It’s also about digital skills has had to be fought for to from ERDF (Europe) The studio can be used development. Currently allocate to communities. which will be about digital for anything – radio, tv, there’s a massive gap It’s about giving our sector skills development for films…anything…and it’s with lots of different some kind of presence businesses assists, and, for Salford and the whole businesses in skills for because we’re continually at this stage, Salford North West - if you can get simple things like how to ignored by the media Council is paying the in, come in and use the put a website up - how industry. For instance, rent. But let’s just get this facilities. they can do it themselves. Vision and Media like what clear – it’s a public sector They might want to put a we do but don’t consider partnership between You ask some podcast out or rss feeds us part of the industry. It’s the NWDA, Salford City people what about us saying `actually Council and URC (Urban or whatever. There are they think of people doing that now we are part of the industry Regeneration Company). “ but it’s not filtering down with as much right to be The money isn’t just MediaCityUk and to the very lowest level. there as anybody else, if earmarked for Salford – they say “What is If you can afford it, great, not more’. Everyone talks we’ve had to fight to get it?” but we’re saying that it about how you can widen this for communities right out participation from across the North. This is should be for everyone. The Make Media centre different backgrounds but the only true community It’s also about upskilling is due to be officially not many people are good facility in MediaCityUK the community media ratified by NWDA in June. at doing that. Our sector development. sector to go out and do Alison is currently doing a is all about doing that, and that training with other community consultation on we should be there at the Is there a demand for a small businesses that Community Engagement centre of Make Media centre? need to use media skills to for MediaCityUK. If you MediaCityUK so they can’t keep their business going. would like to complete ignore us. Alison: One of the things a questionnaire of your I get asked all the time Wouldn’t the money be views you can email info@ And the £2million+? is `If we just had a bit of better spent directly on unleashingcreativity.org community media in community space that’s

SalfordMediaScene Page 27 Will I get a job at MediaCityUK?

Dawn O’Connor, from Salford, is currently in her second year at the University of Salford studying Journalism and Broadcasting. She Photo by Steven Speed spoke with Salford City Council Leader, John Merry, about perceptions of Salford and the chances of local people getting jobs at MediaCityUK…

How do you think not up to the standard Media CityUK will in London. Of course, benefit Salford? nothing can be further than the truth. I think “Businesses will there is a prejudice of relocate to Salford moving things out of because MediaCityUK London anyway. The will be a high profile BBC has always been operation, and there aware that they would going to have to stay in We have to make sure will be the physical need a really big project London. In fact I think we get as many jobs regeneration that the in the north, and of they are going to find for local people as BBC and others will be course they have come out that Salford and possible, as that is what committed to. I think up with it.” Manchester are a good I am committed to - not the prospect of getting place to relocate to.” because somehow they jobs at MediaCityUK will There are some London should reserve jobs, but improve the standard of staff moving to Salford Do you think these because local people qualifications generally in who are said to have views are the result of deserve to get those Salford.” made derogatory BBC programmes such jobs.” comments; what do you as The Royle Family? Why do you think it plan to do about this? As a Salford student, has taken so long for “The Royle Family what chance do you Salford and Manchester “It wasn’t about Salford doesn’t help, particularly, think I have getting a to be taken seriously specifically, I think if and I think Shameless job at MediaCityUK? in the media scene you talk to people from is another one. I think compared to BBC London they have quite there is a danger that “I would personally like to Cardiff and Bristol? an odd view of what the we fall into these see people like yourself North West is like. I have stereotypes and reinforce working at Media City. I “It’s shameful it has to sometimes explain this them ourselves, and I have every confidence in taken so long. The media to local colleagues and try to make a point of people from Salford and industry is very London government. Part of the challenging people’s I do think a significant centric, if you work in problem is a perception perceptions of Salford. amount will get jobs certain provinces they that in order to progress And I think its terribly there - and I hope one of seem to think you are in their careers they’re important to do so. them is you.”

What is MediaCityUK? MediaCityUK is includes hotels, flats, the name for the bars, a new tram station Peel hopes to attract whole 200 acre site and loads of studios and all sorts of businesses, at Salford Quays office space. The BBC from TV production to and University of Salford publishing, from gaming where Peel Media, have got bases there to software development. a private company, in the first phase of the is in its own words development which is Peel Media’s public “creating a city…on due to open in 2011 but sector partners in Manchester’s historic this is only one sixth of MediaCityUK are Salford waterfront”. the whole site. No-one City Council, Central knows what’s going to Salford and NWDA It’s aimed at creative and happen with the rest of digital industries, and the site in future years. MediaCityUK In Numbers

£3 BILLION 1525 £3.84 MILLION Total estimated cost of Number of Salford Cost of sprucing up the whole MediaCityUK residents who, the roundabouts, roads project. according to Salford and subways near City Council, have MediaCityUK and to 2500 `worked on site during repair and re-locate The amount of BBC staff the construction phase the blue cranes from moving to MediaCityUK. of MediaCityUK’ which the Quays to the M602 TV departments will includes a refrigeration/ roundabout. include Children’s, Sport air conditioning engineer, and Learning, and Radio a painter and decorator £50,000 5 is also moving there, and a dry liner. Cost of searching as well as all the existing for unexploded 2nd BBC departments 22% World War bombs on currently based in Percentage of contracts MediaCityUK site. Manchester. given to Salford based contractors (£95m). 5000 £1 BILLION The number of people 36 The cost of the 1st phase who can fit into the public Number of work of MediaCityUK piazza at MediaCityUK experience placements: for events and concerts. 16-19 and graduates. £15 MILLION Cost of NorthernNET £500 MILLION 1,109 high speed The amount that Peel Number of blood telecommunications Media is investing pressure checks carried network (100mbs) being in the 1st phase of out at MediaCityUK piped to MediaCityUK MediaCityUK and beyond. 50 £500+MILLION Number of people who £19 MILLION The estimated amount have received counselling Cost of 0.4km tram of public money that at MediaCityUK extension to the is being spent on Eccles Metrolink line MediaCityUK. £170 MILLION into MediaCityCityUK, Rent that BBC is paying including trams. 300 Peel Media for its studios The number of cycle and offices until 2030 30% bays in the 1st phase of Percentage of Salford MediaCityUK £30.4 MILLION properties located within Amount that North West a 30 minute travel time £135,000 Development Agency by public transport to The cost of the is putting into a piazza, MediaCityUK cheapest apartment at footbridge, `media MediaCityUK wall’ and tramline at 45% MediaCityUK Percentage of BBC 15,500 London staff who have The total number of `job £8 MILLION indicated they will re- opportunities’ quoted by Cost of lease and initial locate to MediaCityUK Peel Media if the whole operations for Media of the MediaCityUK 200 Enterprise Centre with Up to £4,080 acre site is full. The first grants from NWDA and London weighting of phase is only 36 acres. Europe. wages that BBC staff will be able to keep if £20 MILLION £1.68 MILLION they move to Salford. The amount that Salford Amount that Peel Media City Council is spending is contributing to the £382,076 to sponsor the BBC above. Government grant for Philharmonic Orchestra new bus service linking £91.2 MILLION Salford Crescent Station 3250 Amount being invested with MediaCityUk via The total number of new in `The Quays and Salford Precinct. jobs for Salford people if Waterfront’ by NWDA the whole MediaCityUK between 2009 and 2014, 1500 200 acre site is full. The according to the Central Promised amount of first phase is only 36 Salford URC Investment local trainee posts a acres. Plan. year at MediaCityUK SalfordMediaScene Page 29 the lads Turbat, Kieron, Christopher, Jayce, Brandon, Carlos

WHAT IS MEDIA CITY? ALBERT’S OF SALFORD @ ALBERT PARK, BROUGHTON Do Salford’s young people really know what MediaCityUK actually is? where do you think it is? Members of Albert’s youth club in Albert Park, Lower Broughton, ages 9 to 15, interviewed each other about their hopes and aspirations for the £billion project which has promised to include Salford’s community. Most didn’t lads: even know what it was… In town In town Don’t know What Is Media City ? lads: Somewhere in Salford All: Dont Know! Girls:

*Is it something to do Girls: with music? *Football? Salford 7 *Is it a place where Is it here in Albert people can go? Park? *Is it Media City Salford Quays Studios? Don’t know *Is it something to Don’t know do with the city of Salford 7 Salford? Don’t know *Don’t know *Dunno Photos and interviews done by Albert’s of Salford members

the girls

Abigail, Dionne, Kyla, Keeley, Cloe, Danielle, Levi, Aneesa, Paige, Amy.

lads: What Do You Think You Do Will Media City Be Good At Media City? *Don’t know – recording or For People Around Here? something? Girls: *Don’t know girls: *Singing and stuff *Drink beer and smoke *Oh Media City – I thought *It might be cool *Is it a club? you said Midget City… Media *I haven’t got a clue. *Is it like a great big and all that. *Yeah swimming pool? *Yeah ‘cos there’s nothing *Art and creative stuff else round here – all there is to do is go to McDonalds or *You dance and sing the park *Play *Yeah *I haven’t got a clue *I don’t know ‘cos I don’t *It’s for dance studios know what Media City is and actors *Don’t know *Act and dance *I don’t know lads: *Don’t know what it is so *Have fun don’t know *It’s for people who *I think it might be good have had a bad time *Maybe Thanks to Albert’s youth in their lives workers Sarah, Maria, Alana and *Possibly if I knew what it Graham for helping with this was. feature…

SalfordMediaScene Page 31 Jea lou s

A Salford brand of dirty rock and roll is about to hit the States hard. Graham Williamson checks out Jealous as they record their first album at Martin Coogan’s studio… At Martin Coogan’s plush Vibe on your mind and you need to Studios we find the former forget them on this particular “Our `We Love You’ ep got played Mock Turtles star literally night. In the background the by Manchester radio online and practising his own DIY ethic. superb Jealous track ‘The Dealer’ started to do really well picking He’s up a ladder painting the would be playing. Perfect! up plays” explains Greengate ceiling but there’s no chance based Jason “With it being of employing the painting skills “With it being online, online, people in the States were of Jealous singer Jason Edge listening to it and they really liked or bassist Keith Whitehead. people in the States the sound because if anything it’s They’re here to tell us about the were listening to it got a lot of American influences fantastic turn of events over the in it.” last few months. and they really liked the sound” One New York station was playing Jealous are getting blasted out an interview with the band on Jason Edge on airwaves of US Radio, having repeat during drive time, and been signed by an American it wasn’t long before record The last band to capture that Record Label. And the sound is companies started taking notice. mood was ‘Give Out, But Don’t perfect for the States… Imagine Florida based Octave Match got Give Up’ era Primal Scream. But the scene: you’ve had a bad day. in touch, the band was signed the Jealous brand of sleazy, dirty You go to a quiet bar and sit on up and sent to work with Martin rock n roll, Salford style, is now a stool on your own and order a Coogan. The pre-record demos enjoying high rotation on the large scotch. You’ve got women have now been finalised, the airwaves over the pond. say yanks for Jea the lou good s times

Photo by Steve Ward

album’s being completed, and player during the ‘Madchester’ Jealous have not been without then promo work will start in musical dynasty in the late 80’s their setbacks in recent years, States. and early 90’s with his band The having to endure line up changes Mock Turtles, is expecting big and court battles. But the band “When we get it done and it turns things from the Salford rockers. has gamely stayed in the ring out how we’d like then, we’ll go and it looks like their persistence, back and it aint gonna be a short “It’s very good coupled with their determination trip” says Jason “We’ll hopefully fun…You know the to stick to their Rock principles, stay over there for a few weeks.” has finally reaped the dividends. reference points Playing the States will be a Bolan, Bowie, Velvets Watch out for the album and doddle for these boys, as they’ve some UK dates when the boys already had a successful three and The Stooges, return from their American month stint in Japan where they and that’s what we’re adventure later in the year. headlined the Asia 2000 Festival into…” armed only with acoustic guitars Hear Jealous at… Martin Coogan and a stray bongo player. www.myspace.com/ jealousworld and www. “Going off the demo it’s going to “Yeah he was a guy called jealousworld.com Takashi, he just used to turn up, be a very, very strong album” he enthuses “It’s very good fun, the get on stage and start playing Martin Coogan broadcasts his kind of music is my music and with us” recalls Keith “Didn’t own radio show called ‘Radio Yves (co-producer) music. You know who he was, never spoke to Republic’ on Salford City know the reference points Bolan, him.” Radio 94.4 7pm till 9pm every Bowie, Velvets and The Stooges, Thursday. Martin Coogan, who was a major and that’s what we’re into.”

SalfordMediaScene Page 33 a is born..

Musicians, radio DJs, Salford, this is really frustrating. radio presenters piled into the journalists and promoters have I have to scour the internet for Crescent pub for the launch joined together in Salford to hours to find out what is going meeting in March 2010. form the city’s first music co- on.” op. Suzi Hoffman investigates… John Herring is particularly Sadly, Jon began to think well known for songs such as The idea came to Jon Coupe, that maybe musicians Urban Decay which laments salfordmusic.com trailblazer, were inherently tribal and the invasion of developers who following a meeting about competitive. But one night profit at the expense of Salford using Salford’s musical he woke up shouting `No, people. And among the first heritage to put us on the tourist that can’t be true!’ He met bands to join the Co-op were map. with Langworthy-born singer/ Weaste based Death to the songwriter John Herring Strange, an unsigned band “It soon became obvious how and, after ranting away, they who are unashamedly political disjointed the whole music decided to create a collective and described the Salford scene is in Salford”, Jon which might ease the problems Music Co-op as being like a complains “Gigs are promoted of fragmentation and may even union: in a haphazard way, many lead to something brilliant. bands don’t know each other, “We need to stick together promoters don’t know who is “John listened to me ranting, as bands” say Death To The on their doorstep music-wise, took the bull by the horns Strange “If a promoter messes recording studios and rehearsal and set the whole thing you about, you can warn other rooms don’t have knowledge up” laughs Jon. Faith was bands about that promoter. We of what bands/artists are restored when musicians, are stronger in a co-op.” around them. As a person who journalists, promoters and Sandbox’, prolific Salford runs a website about music in giggers, are working on the follow-up single to their brilliant Shades of Grey (Ugly Man Records), and their manager/ drummer Andy Gilmore told us…

“The Co-op is a great idea and we were keen to be involved right from the start. If all the creative people in Salford work together to share ideas and information and create a music community, we will all benefit from it. The initiative is long overdue and we can’t wait to see it grow.”

Other bands flocking to join the Co-op include Shanty Town, The Inflictors and The Long March. The first Co-op showcase happened at the Kings Arms as part of Sounds From The Other City and there are now links in place with the Cambridge Music Co-op with plans for ‘exchange gigs’.

But Jon Coupe is cautious: “Even if the Salford Music Co-op just ends up as John Herring and me meeting up once a month over a pint in The Crescent then I’m happy to go with it because I’m convinced it’s a good idea”.

To get on board (and collect high dividends) contact Salford Music Co-op on Facebook www.salfordmusic.com

Death to the Strange/ Sandbox/John Herring - facebook/myspace

Meetings: 2nd Tuesday in every month at The Crescent, 6.30pm

Photos by Suzi Hoffman

SalfordMediaScene Page 35 SALFORD NIGHTMARES & DREAMS BY JFH

Ding! Ding! Sound One They took our schools every brick, Salford’s 6dB Studios on Bexley Square, Salford is situated within took away the pavements that the Manchester Midi School building and it’s run by local music we walked on. mogul, Simon `Ding’ Archer. Crushed the homes our parents brought us home to, Words by Jon Coupe Photo by Michael Cuddy flattened every cinema and shop, they took the lot. ing has been in countless engineer capture the feel of a bands stretching back band as well as the sound of a They took our world that had to the early 1980s, and band? grown up from bare fields D then covered it with cold hard has found himself playing bass glass and steel. for such luminaries as The “Quite a lot of engineers have Fall, P.J. Harvey, Black Francis never been involved in the Salford, nightmares and dreams, and, currently, for experimental performance side of music, it’s all about the money it seems, guitar/electronica outfit Kin, plus so they’ve never been on the history’s for museums. keyboards for industrial-electro receiving end of the process. My throwbacks AAAK. experience in playing in bands Only our river is real, that, and the passion WE feel...... only the has helped me understand what river is real. So what prompted his interest in it takes to capture their spirit, sound recording? as well as the music. I always No one new could understand “I’d been in a few bands and try to make the sessions fun our days with empty hands when we were recording stuff and without detracting from being broader smiles from so little gifts, was always pestering the sound professional.” rare days on local sands. engineers as to what they were doing. Eventually, this engineer Manchester electro-rock band We are the last creation before this born lost generation. told me about a sound recording Resist were in 6dB on the day Us that played together have school that he was setting up and we dropped in so we asked lead stayed together I enrolled on the course. This was singer Misha why she’d picked and now connected...... will back in about 1987. Ever since Ding’s studio to work in: forever. then I’ve been heavily involved “I’ve known Ding for ages. He in sound recording. I opened taught me sound engineering at Walking forward but looking 6dB Studio in 2005 and have college and helped me set up my back, Salford, nightmares and dreams had some great bands in here, own studio. I record lots of things only our Irwell is real, can’t stop including The Fall and Francis at home and Ding helps me brush her flow but they’ll say she’s old Black from The Pixies.” them up. I completely trust him to then slap her with botox , produce our songs professionally.” facelift, cheap silver and gold. Anyone who has spent time in a recording studio will know that the You can find out Ding’s rates We have to face it old attitude of the sound engineer is by visiting his website at: www. friends...... we’ve been sold. as important as his/her proficiency myspace.com/6dbstudio or by http://www.youtube.com/user/ with the gear. So how does an giving him a call on WAHBINKS?feature=mhw4#p/ 07990 856196. u/13/5y9S6rur38o Artist Lawrence Cassidy spent six months working with Salford people to uncover items in Salford’s Working Class Movement Library that relate to the city’s labour history. The exhibition that has resulted includes displays of actual tools used by Salford people, made into casts and wrapped with texts photocopied from books and pamphlets in the Library. The people who were goes against the involved in the groups sentimentalisation of that met to create the working class culture by exhibition all researched the heritage industry” their own personal says Lawrence “From themes including my experience, working Chartism, mining in class histories often Salford, the life of remain invisible, they Friedrich Engels, the are not often officially Battle of Bexley Square, commemorated. As Salford Docks. Kersal the Library is located in Moor and other forgotten the centre of one of the history. largest former industrial “Hopefully the exhibition areas in the world, INVISIBLE HISTORIES: Salford’s Working Lives projects like this should Working Class be developed, as they are vital to community Movement Library development.” until August 2010

Invisible Histories runs produced by Salfordians until the end of August for Salfordians - Stephen and there are a series of Kingston talks that accompany the exhibition… 4 August 2pm Trades union 23 June 2pm memorabilia. Badges, No compensation. emblems and certificates Mining mishaps in the - Cliff Stockton Salford coalfields during the Victorian period - Invisible Histories: Glen Atkinson Salford’s Working Lives Working Class 7 July 6pm Movement Library Re-tracing Salford. A 51 The Crescent, project using family Salford M5 4WX snaps, oral histories and Open Wed-Fri 1pm- street maps to rekindle 5pm or by appointment memories of urban life - phone 0161 736 3601 Lawrence Cassidy www.wcml.org.uk

21 July 6pm Words by Thylde Salford Star. The story Mapumba of the independent Photos by Bernard magazine, written and Brough

SalfordMediaScene Page 37 Life Through The Lens..

Snapshots of Salford’s Past Salford Museum and Art Gallery

Celebrating ten years of the Salford’s Life Times project, this is a photographic exhibition that links the City’s past with its present, complete with a giant camera you can climb inside, a mock up of an old photographer’s studio and a DIY shadow puppet show.

The exhibition captures the spirit of Salford, from the Queen’s Silver Jubilee celebrations in the 70s, to everyday life on the Precinct, to grannies sweeping Ordsall streets in the 30s. There are also images from the Young People’s Photography Project with reconstructions of old photos from St Ambrose Barlow High School, Swinton High School and Pendleton College.

There are hundreds of photos on display, some on the walls and more in albums showing old Salford streets, shops and characters. Plus footage of people’s memories on tvs, an exhibition of old cameras and silhouettes of rats hidden around the gallery for kids to spot.

Life Through The Lens: Snapshots of Salford’s Past Salford Museum and Art Gallery Peel Park, Crescent, Salford M5 4WU Phone 778 0800 www.salford.gov.uk/salfordmuseum Open: Mon – Fri 10am-4:45pm; Sat – Sun 1-5pm

Joe Williams and Jack Garner

This is Tracey Keymer-Blay…and Anything Goes!

Words by Suzi Hoffman

She didn’t leave the house for over a year. She was depressed after her experience of domestic violence with a previous partner. Her back was so badly damaged that the hospital thought she had been in a traffic accident. She was in constant pain. Then one day, her mate Joe invited her to Salford City Radio her own show, Anything Goes, with her brilliant laugh” she explains “It’s like I’ve where she began to help with his show. hubby Big G Dog. Tracey is also on SCR been given a second chance in life and every Thursday 7am to 10am and she is so I’ve grabbed it with both hands”. “I was really nervous at first, because Outside Broadcast Co-ordinator. I hadn’t been out for so long, but I met Listen to Salford City Radio www. some lovely people at Salford City Tracey has also produced an salfordcityradio.org or 94.4fm. For Radio” Tracey says “They saw me as an educational ‘spotlight’ on Domestic more information about getting asset and trained me.” Violence for Salford City Radio. She is involved with the station phone determined to help others like herself. 0161 793 2939 or e-mail studio@ Guess what? Listen to Salford City salfordcityradio.org Radio any Sunday 12 -1pm and you “I feel really valued and I forget my back will hear Tracey Keymer Blay hosting pain because I’m so busy and I have a Also find Tracey Keymer Blay on Facebook. A-Z OF LOST SALFORD STREETS

As the bulldozers continue to clear whole areas of our city, artist Lawrence Cassidy is saving Salfordian memories and exhibiting them in local places and online…

Words: Bernard Brough

Some might say Lawrence Cassidy is a man with a mission. included on the Lost Streets His mission? Well in the case website... an online streets of his latest work, the A to Z of museum. Lost Streets, it is to “reclaim a sense of place lost during Mike Scantlebury, is co- past and present housing ordinating the Ordsall section clearances.” of the project and has worked on Retracing Salford from The project, funded with a Your the beginning, recording oral Heritage award, particularly histories along with Jane Wood. concentrates on the Broughton Gail Skelly of Ordsall Community and Ordsall districts, using Arts will also collaborate on the both family photos and archive project and it will tour different material, along with audio venues, such as parks and recordings of oral history, home schools. movies, street maps and street signs. There will be heritage open days in mid September at Hope “Virtually ninety percent of each Street Chapel, on Chapel Street, district has been destroyed” close to Salford Station. And says Lawrence “And over the in eighteen months time there last fi fty years, almost one and a will be a fi nal exhibition of the half thousand streets have been A – Z website containing all the demolished in different parts of images collected during the Salford.” project. With such drastic changes in Workshops have already taken the city, both with the demolition place in Broughton and Ordsall of buildings and the moving of and in the coming months there people from the older, central are also plans to arrange more parts of Salford to the outlying workshops in Eccles, Swinton areas such as Little Hulton, it and Little Hulton, to give people became clear that there was who may have moved into a need to preserve something those areas from Broughton and of what was being lost. The Ordsall the opportunity to take result was the Retracing Salford part. project, of which the A to Z of Lost Streets scheme is the latest See: part. www.retracingsalford.com and for more info contact Lawrence asks people to share Lawrence by phone on old photos or home movies 07946176291 or email which will be copied at mobile [email protected] workshops across the city and

SalfordMediaScene Page 39 THE FILM AND THE BOOK AND THE STORY… Deborah Brooks went into Walkden Gateway Library to take Matt was the tutor. He’s very some books back and ended up making a freaky film, Two patient, keeps you focussed Hats, to be premiered at the Salford Film Festival. Now, a and let’s you explore putting future in the creative industries beckons… ideas forward. We went from Photos by Steve Ward discussing ideas of what the film was to be about, to things ’d never done anything like it was a wonderful stepping like how turn on a camera this before. But now it feels stone for me to get back out – literally `This is the on/off right and my brain just lights into the world and get involved button…this is how to plug in the up at the thought. It makes in something that I had always sound’… just everything. One by Ime happy… thought I might be interested in one we all had a go, it was very but had never tried. hands on. I just happened to be at Walkden Library taking some “…they end up in this One of the most fascinating books back and two ladies things was actually coming up had a table there asking dark room with party with an idea for a film – you people if they wanted to be hats lying about. And don’t realise how difficult it is involved in any Salford media then the doors lock…” to decide what it is you want projects. I was told about to make – and people were this film making course and I turned up on the first day throwing all sorts of things jumped at the chance. I just in a room full of all sorts of about. I wanted to do a Salford thought it was something I’d different people and that was women’s detective agency, love to try, no pressure. I hadn’t it, we were up and rolling. done anything for a while, so there were lots of ideas for room with party hats lying We’ve all gelled as a group as horror films, but we kept about. And then the doors lock… well which I think is important coming back to the idea of a We made the film at Walkden because we’ve all got various reunion. Labour Club who gave us reasons for being part of the access for free and the staff project – and we were all so There were seven people in were amazing. Matt and Clay, different you wouldn’t have the group and we all bounced another director, guided us thought we would gel on that ideas off each other. You end through the shoot - where we first day but we’ve become so up really rolling… `And then thought the camera should close knit it’s just fantastic. this! And then that!’…everyone be and how to go about feels like it’s theirs. I very much getting those shots. Everyone Us, and the other SCMP group didn’t want it to be more than had a go behind the camera who made the Salford Slayer a bog standard reunion, and and everyone had a go at film, have got so much out of wanted it to have a twist and sound. There were three main the course and enjoyed it so some sort of uplift at the end. characters, so only three of us much that we want to continue. It’s only a twenty minute film could do the acting and they We’re hoping to merge the so you’re not going to get any brought in an acting coach groups and use the skills we’ve deep character progression or which was great. Then it was developed to carry on. anything like that, but you’ve just a case of getting behind got to try and engage people the camera and doing it. We I want to go to college now. with something. You have did a bit of editing at the end I’m completely fired up for it. I to break through your own too and post production. know that this side of life, the inhibitions and throw stupid creative media, is for me. It’s ideas out there which might “I wanted to do a Salford so satisfying. And it makes me be ridiculous but from that happy… suddenly, when you bring women’s detective it back from the extremes, agency, there were lots Two Hats will be shown at something starts to come of ideas for horror films, the Salford Film Festival in together. but we kept coming November. The film was made by Alan Ellison, Tiffany Cassidy, We developed the characters back to the idea of a Mike Davies, Brian Edge, - who they were, why they were reunion…” Kathryn Jose, Jacqui Kendall there, where they came from. and Deborah Brooks. And the final film focuses on Now we’re going to have a two characters who are sent an little personal screening and invitation to a school reunion. then it will be shown at Salford To enquire about SCMP But when they get there they are Film Festival. I’m really looking media courses contact the only two people present, forward to seeing what it Linda Robson and they end up in this dark comes out like. on 07534 969007

SalfordMediaScene Page 41 “You can access Radiowaves from home and it is a much better way of working” he says “We have even been filming netball matches at local primary schools and interviewing the teachers and players afterwards, then parents can watch it on the site and vote for player of the match.”

Pupils can upload their projects and invite feedback from other students and teachers, even those from other schools. Faye, in Year 11, says “It’s great because it’s not just friends commenting, who would say nice things anyway. It makes me feel more adult and take more responsibility for my work”.

St Ambrose Barlow is the first in Salford to host the Creative and Media Diploma, with its first graduates due this year, and Radiowaves has been such a success at the school that they are now arranging training and providing radio kits, with funding from Greater Manchester Challenge, for nine other Photo by Suzi Hoffman secondary schools across the region. Meanwhile, St Ambrose Barlow and Salford City Radio KIDS TOLD TO TALK IN CLASS! have now entered into a lasting partnership in order to nurture St Ambrose Barlow High School young broadcasters. is getting the word out with of a mini media revolution in Radiowaves, as Suzi Hoffman Greater Manchester. Pupils in “It’s a taster for anyone in the discovers… Year 7 have already aired their school, and is about having a own radio shows, including strong web presence as well as In a tiny room upstairs in St news, music and jokes… the radio projects” says Andy Ambrose Barlow High School, Shepheard, head of ICT and the Broadcasting Club is taking “I find it fun”, says Katrina “I Broadcasting co-ordinator at place. The little room has love gathering the information, the school “It enables young been turned into a studio with choosing the important bits people to engage and express sound-desk, microphones and and writing the scripts. It’s a real themselves in different ways computer. It’s part of a huge challenge for me, I’m not the – not everyone’s good at media project which is training best at it, but I like it”. writing, some are much better pupils at the school to become verbally”. journalists, film-makers, radio Matthew and Jayson agree presenters, web-designers and that presenting the news was “a Using multi media methods all-round media experts. bit scary” at first, but then it soon well in schools is a great way became fun, and Jack explains to release everyone’s skill and St Ambrose Barlow has joined how the group used the internet talent. At last, we can all talk in with Radiowaves, a safe social and a range of newspapers class and get away with it… networking organisation, which to research their news reports. enables students to create Chris, from Year 8, believes that You can tune into the St radio, podcasts, videos and Radiowaves makes learning Ambrose Barlow shows at blogs; and is helping put the more enjoyable… www.radiowaves.co.uk/class Swinton school at the forefront Embryo night Reviewed by Mike Skeffington ARTS PREVIEW The Kings Arms on Bloom Street has been an occasional watering hole of mine for many a year. In fact I was born only 100 yards away back in the 1950s, so I’ve seen a lot of changes in that time. What pleases me most though is the way the pub has negotiated the dramatic changes to the whole area and survived to emerge as one of the best venues for live entertainment in Salford and Manchester.

Ok the beer’s a bit pricey, but there’s always lots going on there and I recently went to an Embryo night, something I’d been promising myself for ages. Embryo takes place roughly once a month on a Friday night upstairs at the Kings Arms and I popped in, not knowing quite what to expect. I paid a fiver on the door and got a seat. I have to say in all honesty it was one of the best salford arts theatre evenings I’ve had in a long time. GETS ITS OWN ACTING will be our first play performed COMPANY... under Salford Theatre I was gobsmacked by the variety of entertainment which included short Company.” sketches of plays which are still in Salford Arts Theatre, the development, stand up poetry and place where Ben Kingsley, Bluebird, premiered at The comedy, some great guitar player/ Robert Powell, Albert Finney Royal Court in 1998, follows singers, a madcap magician and a and co started their acting Jimmy, a mini cab driver, on couple of short films. The evening careers, has finally got its the course of one night as he started at about 7 and ended at around 10.45 with a short interval in own professional theatre picks up a variety of fares, the middle. company… each one sharing their own individual stories- from Robert The place was packed out and there Salford Arts Theatre, off whose daughter was stabbed was soon standing room only. The Liverpool Street, has hosted to death, to his own estranged Kings Arms is really something of hundreds of plays, films and wife Claire- forcing him to face a secret gem, even to many native community events and will his own demons. The play’s Salfordians. Ok they may know where it is, but most aren’t aware of now work with a core group of theme is the constant battle what is on there. Embryo night at professional actors producing between pessimism and that the Kings Arms is well worth a visit new writing, popular plays and tiny fragment of hope. so check the Studio Salford web site classics. for details, but get there early for a Bluebird, performed by seat. “Our aim will be to cater for Salford Theatre Company, Embryo has its last run on June all audiences young and old, runs from June 21-26 at 11th then starts up again in the giving plenty of opportunity Salford Arts Theatre, Kemsing autumn at the Kings Arms, Bloom to experience professional Walk, off Liverpool Street, Street, Salford M3 6AN theatre in the intimate setting Salford M5 4BS of Salford Arts Theatre” says 7:30pm Tickets £7/£6 Box Anyone can also take part to try the Company’s Roni Ellis Office: 0161 925 0111 out ten minutes worth of new “Bluebird by Simon Stephens www.salfordartstheatre.co.uk material – see www.studiosalford. com and click on Embryo for details.

SalfordMediaScene Page 43 THEATRE REVIEWS DNA

Salford Arts Theatre April 2010 Beautiful House Words: Valerie Webb Photos: Allen Fiander Written by Cathy Crabb, the Bronte allusion seems without directed by Noreen Kershaw. point - their daughters are called This dark tale with a touch of Starring: John Henshaw, Janice Emily and Charlotte. delicate humour makes for a great Connolly, Sally Carman and The whole cast give strong evening’s entertainment. It centres James Foster performances, with the virtuoso on some teenagers who do Library Theatre, Manchester: piece being a near-monologue April/ May 2010 from Paula in the penultimate something awful bad and then, in scene of the first act. As a panic, try to cover it up – which Words: Paul Kane Paula describes the myriad has shocking consequences for Photo by Gerry Murray improvements she’s made to someone else who is, by now, her flat, Bridgette can only nod deceased. Working together to We follow a middle-aged couple, and ‘Oh’ and ‘Ah’; one of those solve the problem consolidates Bridgette (Janice Connolly) conversations where all the traffic friendships and brings some and Ronnie (John Henshaw) as is one way. resolve into the youngsters’ they settle temporarily into their new home. Their daughter has A tragedy clothed as a comedy, unsettled lives. Although there is a a terminal illness and will live Beautiful House throbs with a surprise ending. with them for the time being. vibrant Salfordian heart. It stands Once ensconced, they make higher than Briar Hill Court. DNA is wonderfully acted by the the acquaintance of a young cast who all deserve a mention couple, Paula (Sally Carman) - Thomas Egan, Wayne Lucas, from Shameless and Otis (James Daniel Bolger, Rebecca Granger, Foster), on the floor below them. Curtis Lucas, Ryan Davies, Beautiful House is a very funny Jodine Toone and Lee Ricci. Their play, even though it touches on dedication, putting three month’s death and bereavement, social work into this production, was aspiration and life chances, well appreciated. children’s parties and injured teddy bears. All serious matters, DNA is a CRIS/YSDF project. you will surely agree. There is an unusual emphasis on a father’s love (Ronnie and Otis’s) though The G Club Written and Directed by Stella Grundy Salford Arts Theatre April 2010

By Alan Ellison Photos by Steve Ward

Set in Salford and devised with young people from Seedley and Langworthy, The G Club centres on two young women – Billy, a girl who dreams of being an actress despite other ideas by her boyfriend and mum, and Kylie, whose only ambition, it seems, is to have a baby.

Despite some uncomfortable issues raised, like teenage pregnancy and child/alcohol abuse, the raw talent on show seemed comfortable making it into a singing, dancing, fun presentation with a performance full of heart and commitment.

Nicole Pritchard (Billy) and Hollie Davies (Kylie) were strong from the outset and never wavered. Steven Buckley (Paul) was admirable and gutsy for a young man his age, and the rest of the cast were superb as they kept the audience’s attention throughout.

Altogether, The G Club is well written, well put together, and more importantly, well enjoyable.

The G Club is a CRIS&YSDF Project judgement day Judgement Day(Gods On Trial)/ came in for some criticism, the A.N.D. - By Mike Skeffington humour lifted the mood to an extent where to be offended Salford Arts Theatre April 2010 would seem churlish.

Words: Bernard Brough The second offering, A.N.D. Photos: Steve Ward took an hilarious angle on the moral and ethical issues behind DNA manipulation and stem cell A showcase double bill of research. Rather cleverly the debut plays by local writer piece informed and entertained, Mike Skeffington. The first, and as it progressed became Judgement Day (Gods On Trial), allegorical of modern society is a satirical swipe at organised and the individual’s sense of in the area and eventually the religion. There is always the hopelessness when confronted Edinburgh Fringe. Both works danger with such material that with an unwillingness to are original in concept and well those of a religious disposition be taken notice of by large written, directed and acted. could be offended. In this case institutions. Keep a look out for further works though, the subject was handled by Mike Skeffington. You will not well enough not to fall into that There are plans to take at least be disappointed. one of the two plays further, trap. Although the four figures with showings at other venues representing organised religions

SalfordMediaScene Page 45 New Mornings// Old Streets

For the last six months a huge £400,000 creative media project involving around 1000 people across Greater Manchester has been going off. It’s part and the community of which we are of a government scheme for informal adult learning called The Learning a part. This is just the first stage of a Revolution, and out of it has come creative workshops, magazines, hands on longer term relationship…” media experience and a film, New Mornings, Old Streets…

THE FILM THE CELEBRATION THE COMPETITION “…schools, colleges…they’ve been In May, the New Mornings, Old Streets People from the community were on every course available because project held a packed celebration at The invited to submit a piece of material they can’t get jobs… 20 and they’ve Lowry where the New Mornings film using audio, visual or mixed media still not got a job” was shown. Winners of a competition (photos, poetry, art, song), describing depicting how life has changed over the how life has changed over the past 50 Fifty years ago two BBC employees past fifty years picked up their prizes, years in Greater Manchester. The overall Norman Swallow and Denis Mitchell and former docker Albert Thompson winner was Helen Saarma for her photo made a ground breaking documentary performed his songs about the changes montage, Sign of the Times, featuring about working life in the North West to Salford… everything from shut down shops and called Morning On The Streets. As For Sale signs, to job centre images and part of a huge creative media learning “Overall the film was just a tiny aspect England flags. Runner up was Amber process, the film has been re-made by of the project, which is all about learning Sanchez, and joint third were Jonathan people from the community recording opportunities and getting people Thomason and Hannah Loughlin. material about their lives and life in engaged, whether it was creative Salford and Manchester over the past writing, photography, developing media fifty years. technology skills or making recordings” said Jane McDermott from the Featuring archive footage spliced University of Salford’s School of Media, together with contemporary images, Music and Performance, who was all subjects are covered, from the old Creative Lead on New Mornings. docks to MediaCityUK, from terraced house living to modern lifestyles, from “It was all about helping people to old communities to new communities record their stories and from the and fashion, transport and playground material that’s been gathered over culture, old and new. The 24 minute film the last six months we’ve made the is centred on memories, reflections and film which was all shot by community aspirations… reporters or people who came on the workshops” she added “But there’s also “…jobs was plentiful. You could walk been magazines, theatre workshops, out of one job and walk straight into art workshops and lots more. Hopefully another job. There was never any we’ve gone some way towards trouble getting work…” breaking down some of the barriers that have existed between the University Further details at www.new-mornings. co.uk

SALFORD’S POSITIVE IMAGE

For decades Salford has had a negative media image. However, at the University of Salford, the Student in Free Enterprise (SIFE) group has launched a business called Positive Image Bank to help improve the city’s reputation.

The basic idea is to create a catalogue of positive photos and videos of the city, and the project will be working with community groups, nursery school children, teenagers, elderly people and anyone interested in taking part.

The catalogue of creative, fun and lively images will be available online and the world will be able to see Salford through the eyes of different age groups.

While creating a positive image of Salford, people will also have the opportunity to learn about photography skills, business, fi nance and entrepreneurship to help them begin thinking of the possibilities of starting their own business.

If you are interested please contact Bency Silvester: [email protected] www.positiveimagebank.co.uk

Words: Thylde Mapumba

We gave a camera to young people from Albert’s Youth Club and asked them to take some positive images of themselves…

Albert’s, based in the big green hut in Albert Park, Broughton, has been open since September 2009, and attracts over 80 young people to its activities. Albert’s runs four nights a week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, with free community use for the football pitches 5-6pm plus 5-9pm on Fridays when there’s a football tournament featuring young people from all over East Salford.

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