Events | Phil Portus Photography

Jan

02

2026

1978 Concert for Racial Equality – Free Trade Hall, Manchester

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: Exodus “Sidland”

: John Cooper Clarke

: Brownsville Banned

: Brownsville Banned

: Brownsville Banned

: Jack Aski – a Communist Party veteran, a Spanish Civil War veteran and life long anti-fascist

: Trevor Hyett

: Exhibition of Anti Nazi protest photographs by Phil Portus

: Exhibition of Anti Nazi protest photographs by Phil Portus

: Bob Williamson 25th July 1948 – 19th June 2016

: Ewan McColl, Peggy Seeger, Neil and Callum McColl

: Wesley Ricketts ( aka Honey)

: Mike Harding

Nov

19

2024

GUSTAFFASON Deaf Institute 16/11/24

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Gustaffson – Deaf Institute 2024

Gustaffson – Deaf Ist 2024

Jul

14

2024

Didsbury Car Show 2024

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Didsdury car Show 2024

Mar

08

2024

SALFORD 77

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: Photos from 1977

: 2012 – News article

: 2012 – News article

is a documentary photography project focusing on everyday life in a changing urban environment in 1977 . It aims to bring back memories of these parts of Salford and to show younger people the times their parents and grandparents grew up in.

I was part of a small group of photographers in the mid to late 70s called the REFLEX GROUP led by Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer who has since become an internationally renowned photographer, now living in the USA. We met up occasionally as a group in between our individual Salford photo excursions. I concentrated mainly in Langworthy, Ordsall and some work in the Adelphi area. In 1978 we had a group exhibition held in the Salford Players Theatre on Liverpool Road. After the exhibition we all went our own ways.

In 2012, I decided to find out what had happened to some of the people, particularly the children that I photographed. I sent some photographs to the Salford Reporter and M.E.N. This resulted in an article from which several people contacted me with names and contact details. With help from Tony Flynn (then “Salford On-Line” now Salford Media”) I followed a few of these up and took some new photos of these now young adults. One notable example was of Stephen Lord, now a well known actor that appeared in TV series “Shameless” East Enders and many other films and productions.

In this new exhibition at the Langworthy Cornerstone Community Centre, I want to also show some new unpublished or non-exhibited images from my 1977 collection which shows pictures of the Cross Lane Fair and rare shots taken in the Paddock pub (formally the Fusiliers). I want to also exhibit some of the more recent up to date photographs taken of children 47 years ago next to their 1977 images with some stories.

The exhibition of about 35 A2 images is scheduled for the Langworthy Cornerstone Community Centre, 451 Liverpool St., Salford M6 5QQ, mezzanine area , from 28th June – 29th August 2024. open Monday – Friday 9.00am – 8.00pm (Closed Sat & Sun)
Here is a link to a recent BBC article about the exhibition:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c163158n4e3o

Aug

29

2022

Manchester Pride 2022

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Oct

04

2021

Anti Tory Demo Oct 2021 Manchester

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Manchester, UK. Sunday 3rd October, 2021. March and rally to protest against the government and defend our democracy at the start of the Conservative Annual Conference