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Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr G lived in Acre Street, now slum cleared, at the bottom of the road the mill. Inside his little terraced house he had an old kitchen range, he remembered going to London once - he visited Madame Tussauds, showing Mr G standing in doorway of terraced house. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr G lived in Acre Street…

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr G lived in Acre Street, now slum cleared, at the bottom of the road the mill. Inside his little terraced house he had an old kitchen range, he remembered going to London once - he visited Madame Tussauds, showing Mr G inside terrace house leaning against kitchen range. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr G lived in Acre Street…

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr G lived in Acre Street, now slum cleared, at the bottom of the road the mill. Inside his little terraced house he had an old kitchen range, he remembered going to London once - he visited Madame Tussauds, showing Mr G inside terrace house sitting before kitchen range. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr G lived in Acre Street…

Document, titled‘Photographer’s Notes Duplicate copy’ containing 71 page typed transcript by Nick Hedges. Part of the Shelter Archive.

Photographer’s Notes Duplicate copy

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr G lived in Acre Street, now slum cleared, at the bottom of the road the mill. Inside his little terraced house he had an old kitchen range, he remembered going to London once - he visited Madame Tussauds', showing Mr G standing in doorway of a terraced house. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr G lived in Acre Street…

Gelatin silver print entitled 'October, 1970. Glasgow, Gorbals. Mr and Mrs Copeland lived with their large family in what was virtually a derelict flat in one of the last Gorbals tenements. 'There's nothing now that you can get angry about, you've said it all before'. See interview P6 'Happy Christmas'', photographed by Nick Hedges.

Mr and Mrs Copeland lived with their large family...

1970-10
Gelatin silver print entitled 'June, 1971, West End, Newcastle. Mrs Moran in the living room of her house. 'The gas is turned off. We cook on the fire because the gas rate is so high.' Her husband is disabled after an accident in the shipyards. See interview p59 'Condemned',' photographed by Nick Hedges, West End, Newcastle, June 1971.

Mrs Moran in the living room of her house...

1971-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'June, 1969. London E1. Mr and Mrs R lived with their 6 children in a damp basement flat of the decaying Rothschild Dwellings. The flat was tiny and very dark. 3 girls (13, 5 and 3) shared one bedroom, the boys (11 and twins aged 1) shared the other bedroom. Mr and Mrs R slept in the living room. There was no bathroom, no hot water, the kitchen was only big enough for 2 people to stand up in, one of the twins had a hole in the heart condition. Shelter rehoused the family in Peterborough where they are buying their own house.' by Nick Hedges.

Mr and Mrs R Lived With Their 6 Children in a Damp Basement Flat…

1969-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'June, 1971. Newcastle (West End). Reproduction of Christ, photographs of a favourite pet dog and a dead daughter. Mrs. Moran's living room', by Nick Hedges, June 1971. See See interview page 59 of book 'Condemned'.

Reproduction of Christ

1971-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Bath with wooden lid and panels'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Bath with wooden lid and panels

1970-03
Gelatin silver print entitled 'The courtyard of Chaucer House, a hostel for homeless families'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

The courtyard of Chaucer House, a hostel for homeless families

1971-03
Gelatin silver print entitled 'At the back gate'. Photograph by Nick Hedges. Bradford, May 1969.

At the back gate

1969-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Disused local picture house'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Caerau, June 1970.

Disused local picture house

1970-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr and Mrs Dixon had lived with their 3 young children on the ground floor of a multi-let house Mr Dixon was unemployed, "I go out each day looking for work, but it's getting worse"'. See interview p.56 'Condemned'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, West End, Newcastle, June 1971.

Mr and Mrs Dixon…

1971-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Schoolgirl from the tenements'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Schoolgirl from the tenements

1971-07
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 'Michael R. Mr & Mrs R lived with their 6 children in a damp basement flat of the decaying Rothschild Dwellings. The flat was tiny and very dark. 3 girls (13, 5 & 3) shared one bedroom, the boys (11 and twins aged 1) shared the other bedroom. Mr & Mrs R slept in the living room. There was no bathroom, no hot water, the kitchen was only big enough for 2 people to stand up in, one of the twins had a hole in the heart condition. Shelter rehoused the family in Peterborough where they are buying their own house.

The Kitchen of Michael and Mrs R...

1969-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'January 1970, All Saints, Birmingham. Mrs B'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mrs B

1970-01
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 'Mr and Mrs M and their four children lived in a council owned house in Vincent Crescent, Balsall Heath. Apart from the poor state of the property:- no bathroom, no hot water, outside lavatory, inside walls running with damp - these children were sleeping in the middle of winter, on two sodden seat cushions covered by a couple of old 'macs', there was no heating in the room, the snow lay thick outside and the windows were broken'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Birmingham, January 1969. Mr and Mrs M and their four children...

1969-01
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Post box'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Post box

1970-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Tin bath hangs on outside wall of a back-to-back house'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Leeds, West Yorkshire, July 1970.

Tin bath hangs on outside wall of a back-to-back house

1970-07
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Evening at a youth club'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Liverpool, May 1970.

Evening at a youth club

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'The kitchen of a corporation-owned house'. See surveyor's report p.24 'Condemned'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Liverpool 8, July 1971.

The kitchen of a corporation-owned house

1971-07
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Stagnant water in courtyard of tenement'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Stagnant water in courtyard of tenement

1971-07
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Funeral notice in a grocer's shop window'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Cymmer Afan, Glamorgan, June 1970.

Funeral notice in a grocer's shop window

1970-06
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 'June 1969, Brent, London. Children in a hostel for homeless families'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Children in a hostel for homeless families

1969-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Kitchen of a terraced house'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Kitchen of a terraced house

1971-07
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Farm labourer's widow and her cottage'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Farm labourer's widow and her cottage

1970-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'June 1969, Brent, London. Children in a hostel for homeless families. When SHELTER visited this hostel there were 19 people sharing this one room'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Children in a hostel for homeless families…

1969-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'June 1969, Harlesden, London. Families left in limbo by a change of council and change of plans. Area designated slum clearance by Labour, then when Conservatives came in, plans were stopped. By this time half the homes were empty and all the shops closed'. Picture shows 3 ladies and 1 child outside houses and was taken by Nick Hedges, June 1969.

Families left in limbo by a change of council and change of plans…

1969-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Farmworkers' houses (1859)'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Farmworkers' houses (1859)

1970-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'June 1969, Balsall Heath, Birmingham. Children living in substandard property'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Children living in substandard property

1969-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'June 1969, East London. A hostel for homeless families'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

A hostel for homeless families

1969-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mrs R and the youngest son of a family of six children living in a tiny basement flat in the Rothschild dwellings. The flat was permanently dark and very damp and had no bathroom'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mrs R and the youngest son of a family of six children ...

1969-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'October 1969, Liverpool 8. Fireplace surrounds of a Biafran'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Fireplace surrounds of a Biafran

1969-10
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Pensioner in a shelter in a park'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Pensioner in a shelter in a park

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Painted sign', showing Jesus 'Saves' on rock face', photographed by Nick Hedges between Caeran and Cymmer Afan, Glamorgan in June 1970.

Painted sign

1970-06
Untitled silver gelatin print, photographed by Nick Hedges, Moss Side, Manchester, May 1970

Untitled silver gelatin print

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'August 1969, London N7. Shop frontage off Holloway Road'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Shop frontage off Holloway Road

1969-08
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Children at the doorway of Mrs Birtles house'. See interview p.78 'Condemned'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Children at the doorway of Mrs Birtles house

1971-07
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Tenement courtyards'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Tenement courtyards

1971-07
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mobile grocery store'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Cymmer Afan, Glamorgan, June 1970.

Mobile grocery store

1970-06
Gelatin silver print entitled '"It's disgusting and appalling. The Housing Minister (Pater Walker) came round here and said it wasn't fit for human habitation, and I'm still here." Mrs Chichockjy'. See interview p.28 'Condemned''. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

It's disgusting and appalling…

1971-07
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Car park next to shopping precinct'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Car park next to shopping precinct

1970-08
Gelatin silver print entitled 'New housing, industrialised building techniques'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Killingworth New Town, North Tyneside, July 1970.

New housing, industrialised building techniques

1970-07
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 'Birmingham (Balsall Heath). Children living in substandard property'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Birmingham (Balsall Heath). Children living in substandard property

1969-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr & Mrs Kilna lived with 2 children in a single roomed tenement flat. The flat was exceptionally damp and its fabric was in very poor condition. The family were rehoused by Christian Action Housing Association'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr & Mrs Kilna lived with 2 children…

1970-10