Shelter Archive of photographs by Nick Hedges

photographer:: Hedges, Nick

Shelter Archive of photographs by Nick Hedges

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Liverpool 8, March 1969. In a slum clearance zone'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

In a slum clearance zone

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Liverpool 8, March 1969. Graffiti on door of derelict house (anti-Wilson)'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Liverpool 8, March 1969…

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Liverpool 8, March 1969. Street scene in an inner-city slum area (small boy in foreground)'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Street scene in an inner-city slum area…

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Liverpool 8, March 1969. An acute bronchitic living with her teenage son, in a single room of a multilet slum property'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

An acute bronchitic living with her teenage son, Liverpool 8

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Liverpool 8, March 1969. An acute bronchitic living with her teenage son, in a single room of a multilet slum property'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

An acute bronchitic living with her teenage son, Liverpool 8

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'The outside lavatory in the backyard of a Liverpool terraced house'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

The outside lavatory in the backyard of a Liverpool terraced house

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mrs D lived with her teenage daughter and son in this cellar room of a multi-let house in Mulgrave Street. Her other son was in care until she found larger, more suitable accommodation. The room received no natural light, and was extremely damp. The lavatory on the first floor was shared with everyone else in the house. The bathroom was not functioning. The rent was £3.25'. Liverpool 8, March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mrs D lived with her teenage daughter and son in this cellar room...

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mrs D lived with her teenage daughter and son in this cellar room of a multi-let house in Mulgrave Street. Her other son was in care until she found larger, more suitable accommodation. The room received no natural light, and was extremely damp. The lavatory on the first floor was shared with everyone else in the house. The bathroom was not functioning. The rent was £3.25'. Liverpool 8, March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mrs D lived with her teenage daughter and son in this cellar room...

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mrs D lived with her teenage daughter and son in this cellar room of a multi-let house in Mulgrave Street. Her other son was in care until she found larger, more suitable accommodation. The room received no natural light, and was extremely damp. The lavatory on the first floor was shared with everyone else in the house. The bathroom was not functioning. The rent was £3.25'. Liverpool 8, March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mrs D lived with her teenage daughter and son in this cellar room...

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Liverpool 8 March 1969. Mr & Mrs O lived with their 3 children on the first floor of his mothers condemned house. Mr O was unemployed and had been forced to give up his new council flat in Kirkby because he could not afford the rent. They had lived in rooms, but the landlord had harassed Mrs O and threatened the children physically, so that they moved into his mother's house. The council withdrew their offer of rehousing Mrs O's mother until Mr O and family moved out of her condemned home.'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr & Mrs O lived with their 3 children on the first floor...Liverpool 8

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Liverpool 8 March 1969. Mr & Mrs O lived with their 3 children on the first floor of his mothers condemned house. Mr O was unemployed and had been forced to give up his new council flat in Kirkby because he could not afford the rent. They had lived in rooms, but the landlord had harassed Mrs O and threatened the children physically, so that they moved into his mother's house. The council withdrew their offer of rehousing Mrs O's mother until Mr O and family moved out of her condemned home'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr & Mrs O lived with their 3 children on the first floor...Liverpool 8

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Liverpool 8 March 1969. Mr & Mrs O lived with their 3 children on the first floor of his mothers condemned house. Mr O was unemployed and had been forced to give up his new council flat in Kirkby because he could not afford the rent. They had lived in rooms, but the landlord had harassed Mrs O and threatened the children physically, so that they moved into his mother's house. The council withdrew their offer of rehousing Mrs O's mother until Mr O and family moved out of her condemned home'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr & Mrs O lived with their 3 children on the first floor...Liverpool 8

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Liverpool 8 March 1969. Mr and Mrs D lived with their 3 children on the ground floor of a slum property. Mr D had been out of work for 3 months and the family were desperately close to the poverty line'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr and Mrs D lived with their 3 children on the ground floor of a slum property...

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Liverpool 8, March 1969. Girl at the doorway of a multi-let house in Upper Parliament Street'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Girl at the doorway of a multi-let house, Liverpool 8

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Liverpool 8, March 1969. Girl at the doorway of a multi-let house in Upper Parliament Street'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Girl at the doorway of a multi-let house, Liverpool 8

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'The chaos of an area designated for clearance. Property empty - collapsed - occupied. Homes surrounded by a tide of rubble and dirt'. Liverpool 8, March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

The chaos of an area designated for clearance…

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'All that was left of the right hand side of Falkner Street, a single occupied multi-let. The Council refused to rehouse the tenants (3 families) until the landlord, who lived on the ground floor, agreed to the compensation the Council offered to him and gave up his property'. Liverpool 8, March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

All that was left of the right hand side of Falkner Street, a single occupied multi-let…

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Decaying Georgian Terrace'. Liverpool 8, March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Decaying Georgian Terrace

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Row of condemned houses'. Liverpool 8, March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Row of condemned houses

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Row of condemned houses'. Liverpool 8, March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Row of condemned houses

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Boarded up shop, slum clearance zone'. Liverpool 8, March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Boarded up shop, slum clearance zone

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Girls from the London School of Fashion walking for Shelter'. March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Girls from the London School of Fashion walking for Shelter

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Rooftops looking down the Tyne'. March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Rooftops looking down the Tyne

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Rooftops looking down the Tyne'. March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Rooftops looking down the Tyne

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Courtyard of sub-standard houses in Aston'. March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Courtyard of sub-standard houses in Aston

1969-03

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Category:: Photographs

Object Number:: 1983-5235

type:: photographs

credit:: The Shelter Archive at the National Media Museum, Bradford

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