Salford tourist attractions, such as Ordsall Hall, the Bridgewater Canal and the Lowry Centre, an award-winning theatre and art gallery complex, consisting of two theatres and three art galleries. The centre is named after the artist L. S. Lowry, who attended Salford School of Art and lived in nearby Pendlebury for 40 years. Many of his paintings of Salford and Manchester mill scenes, populated with small matchstick-like figures, are on display. The waterfront development at MediaCityUK will make Salford a major centre of UK media production. The development houses BBC departments including CBBC, BBC Sport and Radio 5 Live which moved
Salford Jets Salford Jets Salford Jets are a British rock band that first formed in 1976 and performed until the early 1980s. The band re-formed in 2002. The band originally included Mike Sweeney, later of Piccadilly 1152 breakfast DJ at Real Radio XS, Capital Gold and now morning presenter at BBC Radio Manchester. The other band members were Diccon Hubbard (bass), Rod Gerrard (guitar) , Don Mac (guitar), Dave Morris (drums), Geoff Kerry (keyboards) and Johnny Sax. They had a hit single in 1980 called "Who You Looking At?" on RCA Records which reached number 72 in the UK Singles Chart. This