The story of a street that changed the country, told like never before

The children of one Salford school do not have to go far for a history lesson. It is all around them.

St Philip's CE Primary is set back from Chapel Street on the A6. A key road in the city, it was a bustling thoroughfare, then became a desolate patchwork of dereliction - before rising again.

But through industrial boom and decline, some of its landmark buildings have remained. Now they are featured in a digital heritage trail for children created by Historic England, the body funded by the government's Department for Media Culture and Sport.

The online trail was launched at St Philip's CE Primary which is at the heart of the district, has grown in numbers in recent years and has a diverse community with pupils from across the world. It consists of an interactive map which highlights 18 buildings and locations and has links to the history of each.

The trail reveals dark times of child labour and tragedy; places which inspired the artist, L S Lowry; Barrow Street, where members of the city's notorious, Scuttler gangs lived; and the scene where unemployed people and police clashed during a march for jobs.

Pupils will also learn how Chapel Street and the adjoining Crescent saw historical firsts. Peel Park, opened in 1846, was one of the first three public parks in the country.

A union leader, Benny Rothman was based in offices of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers in Faraday House in this part of Salford.

He led a fight for workers grafting in polluted streets and factories to have the right to roam the countryside where there was fresh air, heading a mass trespass of Kinder Scout in the Peak District in April 1932. He was arrested - but the demonstration ultimately led to a change in the law.

Chapel Street