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'''Greengate''' is an historic district of the city of [[Salford]] bounded by Chapel Street, Gravel Lane and Sacred Trinity Church and across the [[River Irwell]] [[Manchester Cathedral]]. Historically it was a location for textles and dyeing, but during the [[Industrial Revolution]] developed a reputation for impoverishment and slum housing alomgside sections of manufacturing. In 1926, the second birth control clinic outside of London opened its doors to women seeking free family planning advice here. The clinic provided birth control information to working class women who weren’t able to pay for private advice from a doctor. The controversial clinic faced opposition from the Catholic Church and the medical profession but fought on and continued to offer its services to women until birth control advice was widely and freely available in the 1970s. The area is currently undergoing a process of regeneration. |
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Greengate is an historic district of the city of Salford bounded by Chapel Street, Gravel Lane and Sacred Trinity Church and across the River Irwell Manchester Cathedral. Historically it was a location for textles and dyeing, but during the Industrial Revolution developed a reputation for impoverishment and slum housing alomgside sections of manufacturing. In 1926, the second birth control clinic outside of London opened its doors to women seeking free family planning advice here. The clinic provided birth control information to working class women who weren’t able to pay for private advice from a doctor. The controversial clinic faced opposition from the Catholic Church and the medical profession but fought on and continued to offer its services to women until birth control advice was widely and freely available in the 1970s. The area is currently undergoing a process of regeneration.