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From derelict docklands to busting creative cluster with our national broadcaster at its heart... the Salford Quays success story as BBC celebrates 10-year milestone
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Derek recalls standing in the middle of the 'vast expanse' of Salford Quays sometime in the early 1980s, soon after the Manchester Docks had closed.
"Everything was demolished," he said.
"There was nothing as far as the eye could see."
Beside him stood his colleague Ben Wallsworth, a fellow councillor in Salford who convinced the town hall to buy the ship canal and the docklands for £1m.
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