This footbridge in Pendleton, Salford, over the railway line and canal is known as 'Cock Robin Bridge'. We are looking south towards the railway bridge over Laundry Street.

Why did I take this photograph? The subject of this bridge arose in the Manchester Forum - See this page. I already knew the bridge, and had taken test shots of it, but didn't realise it was known by this name. As it was a gloomy, drizzly day, I returned to the bridge and captured it. I have a fascination with gloomy, dismal scenes, which recapture the atmosphere of the old Salford and Manchester that I remember from my childhood.

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Keywords: Salford, black and white, (bw), bridges, Darkside of the North, Trevor Grimshaw, Pendleton, old industry, monochrome, Greater Manchester, Lancashire