The war in France had been going on for a month and the men of Salford who had not already gone were heading for Salford Lads Club on Coronation Street to sign up Billy Unsworth, born on Sunnyside ...

Billy sometimes talked about the place where he was born an’ about his family. He ran away to sea when he was a lad of fourteen, to get away from minin’ the coal.” Thus Unsworth, a master ...

Moving into a care home after a fall Billy Unsworth often remained his room agitated and not wanting to mix with others. Then staff worked out what was missing in his life and restored it with an ...