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A story about Salford past and present

Salford Dockers to shoppers   And Back in the day  Ships sailed in and out  12 hour shifts   Fist fights  And Fightin for work  On the Salford docks  But there was fun and laughter too Its true  Hard workin men  Battling every day  To bring booty in  From all walks of life  They had trouble and strife   They lived a hard life  But it was a community  Unity   In the winter  the cold freezing water cut you to the bone but it was home  to the dockers   blood sweat and tears  through the years    where the cranes  hurdy gurdys  swayed this way and that  bringin booty in and out a dangerous job  it was non stop   the dockers have gone now  replaced by shoppers  in a modern scene   was it a dream  from the industrial theme So yeah  Salford Dockers to shoppers  And Back in the day  Ships sailed in and out  12 hour shifts  Fist fights  And Fightin for work  On the Salford docks  The dockers are gone now   Replaced by shoppers  Show stoppers  

https://youtu.be/L_nT4Rrn6Bw

Limited Edition Signed prints available on this artwork,  Print Quality as shown in the picture   Limited to 250 prints Signed by the Artist and comes with certificate of authenticity.  Fine Art Giclee Print on Fine art Paper   Maximum A3 size print 11.69 x 16.53 inches price =£35 incl postage & packaging in the UK  Maximum A2 size print 16.53 x 23.39 inches, price =£50 incl postage & Packaging in the UK  Postage to EU extra £20 for postage and packaging  Contact Me for more details

A story about how the past flows on by 

Like water under a Salford bridge It flows on past  As I think of the past  Long summer nights  Under street lights  Of Salford streets  Near the Salford docks   Clocks clockin you in  To the daily grind  People didn’t mind  With money on there mind   Knocker uppers  In the dark mornin light  Smog in the morning  From the industrial scene  Was it a dream   As I look from the bridge  A Salford bridge  In a modern city  Skyscrapers scrapin the sky Where dockers worked  In the past   Its all passed   Like water under a Salford bridge It flows on past  As I think of the past  It didn’t last      

https://youtu.be/AhvMgi9tPLE

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A story about L S Lowry

Lowry’s Matchstick men  We haven’t forgotten them Where Lowry painted industrial scenes   Where the weird  odd and few Came to life   He didn’t have a wife  But made a life  Of matchstick men    And We haven’t forgotten them   So He walked Salfords streets  With very little treats   And Banged on gallery doors   To have his art on the walls  But they turned him away   So he just had to say   Ive got the weird  odd and the few just lookin at you   where disabled men  industrial scenes Are making me dreams  So look at them   London came on the scene  now hes livin the dream  of a Salford industrial theme   now lowrys gone  his arts hanging on a wall   the Lowry in Salford  Is named after him So come visit him  So Yeah  Lowry’s Matchstick men  We haven’t forgotten them Lowry painted industrial scenes   Where the weird  odd and few Came to life   He didn’t have a wife  he made a life  Of matchstick men    And We haven’t forgotten them  

https://youtu.be/IeKiX-jTetU

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A story about the blue cranes and leisure 

Salford Quays Blue cranes and tram by night A vision of the past  A Salford past Where the blue cranes stood  Tall and proud   Remembering the Salford  Dock workers  And the contribution they made  Hard graft  Bringing in booty  From around the world   And here we can see a tram passing by  Filled with workers of a different type  Yeah shop workers  Some shirkers  and Old grandmas  On a day out  Going to the Quays  With knobbly knees  Yeah the cranes are now gone  Just like the past  its passed but we can look to the future  with nostalgia in our eyes  and think  we did all that  it’s a fact   yeah  Salford Quays Blue cranes and tram by night It shone a light  On a Salford night   And you know itl be alright  As we walk on  tonight 

https://youtu.be/oIr_RWEjjvM

Limited Edition Signed prints available on this artwork,  Print Quality as shown in the picture   Limited to 250 prints Signed by the Artist and comes with certificate of authenticity.  Fine Art Giclee Print on Fine art Paper   Maximum A3 size print 11.69 x 16.53 inches price =£35 incl postage & packaging in the UK  Maximum A2 size print 16.53 x 23.39 inches, price =£50 incl postage & Packaging in the UK  Postage to EU extra £20 for postage and packaging  Contact Me for more details

Hi everybody here is a painting and video of Salford quays blue cranes by night by Andrew Alan Matthews I thought I would paint this scene where the blue cranes used to stand tall and proud, they were iconic reminders of the Salford past, but sadly they are now gone, so I thought I would pay tribute to the Salford Dock workers and what it used to be like by doing a story about the blue cranes

A story about the blue cranes

Salford quays blue cranes by night The blue cranes  Stood tall and proud  A historic reminder of the past   When dockworkers  Toiled away  day in day out  Bringing booty in from the ships  Ships from around the world Used to sail in  With cargo piled so high  Tea, fruit, oil and petrol Lots of goodies to be seen  From the Salford scene  But now today the blue cranes are gone So ive painted a picture  To remind you of the past  And present   Hard graft of the day  Has now turned into   leisure for your pleasure  A modern view of  Salford quays blue cranes by night  Yeah The blue cranes  Stood tall and proud  A historic reminder of the past   And boy did it last  

https://youtu.be/oYK93kasbBs

Limited Edition Signed prints available on this artwork,  Print Quality as shown in the picture   Limited to 250 prints Signed by the Artist and comes with certificate of authenticity.  Fine Art Giclee Print on Fine art Paper   Maximum A3 size print 11.69 x 16.53 inches price =£35 incl postage & packaging in the UK  Maximum A2 size print 16.53 x 23.39 inches, price =£50 incl postage & Packaging in the UK  Postage to EU extra £20 for postage and packaging  Contact Me for more details

A Story of an old Salford pub in the Pandemic     

Hi Everybody this is a painting and video of The Dover Inn Salford by Andrew Alan Matthews. I used to live and work in Salford for 18 years this pub is at the bottom of our old street Pentlands Avenue Late Peru street on Fenney street Salford lots of renovation and new housing in the area now hope you like the painting and video.     

The dover Inn Salford On Fenney street  Near Broughton Baths  an old Salford pub  in a quite part of town lots of history a free house  near our old house live music and a good beer too  used to be rows of terraced streets  back in the day seen some history over the years  lots of beers, cheers and tears a Salford pub  near Broughton baths  stands here today  through good times and bad  a traditional Salford pub  and today new houses and flats   breathin new life   yeah the dover inn Salford  stands the test of time  in a quiet way  its out of the way  and today  you can see people in masks waitin for the day the pub l reopen again   and when lockdowns lifted  well be gifted with a Salford pub  a quiet pub at the bottom of the street  like coronation street  yeah the dover inn Salford  a quiet pub  at the bottom of the street a Salford street what a treat     https://youtu.be/2XVAPbke2wQ