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Gelatin silver print entitled 'John Riches with his wife and daughter at Chaucer House, a hostel for homeless families. John was a fine and active secretary of the tenants association'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

John Riches with his wife and daughter

Photographs

1971-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mrs Ogbe lived with her husband and six children in a tiny terraced house

Mrs Ogbe lived with her husband and six children in a tiny terraced house

Photographs

1971-07

Gelatin silver print entitled 'May 1970, Liverpool 8. Prayers at the end of school. Primary school in EPA'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Prayers at the end of school. Primary school in EPA

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1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'May 1970, Southwark. Father and daughter living in Chaucer House, a large hostel unit for homeless families. His wife had deserted him, and he was left to look after their young child'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Father and daughter living in Chaucer House, a large hostel unit for homeless families. His wife had deserted him, and he was left to look after their young child

Photographs

1970-05

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...

Photographs

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Widows dancing at an OAP's club'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Widows dancing at an OAP's club

Photographs

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Public House'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Public House

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1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Boy's bedroom in terrace house. Mrs Ogden lived with her husband and six children in a tiny terraced house'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Boy's bedroom in terrace house

Photographs

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

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1970-06

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Kitchen of slum house, Duddeston'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Kitchen of slum house…

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1970-08

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Sign on mill wall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Sign on mill wall

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1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Terraces in a mining village, June 1970, Blaengwynfi, Glamorgan'. Photograph by Nick Hedges,

Terraces in a mining village

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1970-06

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Chinese laundry', showing the Ying Fong Chan laundry. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Chinese laundry

Photographs

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Hill Terrace, Bradford'. Photograph by Nick Hedges. May 1969

Hill Terrace, Bradford

Photographs

1969-05

Untitled silver gelatin print, photographed by Nick Hedges, Blackburn and Acrington, May 1970.

Untitled

Photographs

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'A mill town from train'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Blackburn, May 1970.

A mill town from train

Photographs

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Terrace with steel works at rear'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Terrace with steel works at rear

Photographs

1969-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mrs T and her family of 5 lived in a decaying terraced house owned by a steelworks. She had no gas, no electricity, no hot water, no bathroom. Her cooking was done on the fire in the living room. Each part of the evening meal was done separately one saucepan at a time, the whole operation took several hours. As soon as it got dark, Mrs T locked up, took some sleeping pills and went to bed'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Sheffield, May 1969.

Mrs T and her family of 5...

Photographs

1969-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mrs T and her family of 5 lived in a decaying terraced house owned by a steelworks. She had no gas, no electricity, no hot water, no bathroom. Her cooking was done on the fire in the living room. Each part of the evening meal was done separately one saucepan at a time, the whole operation took several hours. As soon as it got dark, Mrs T locked up, took some sleeping pills and went to bed'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mrs T and her family of 5...

Photographs

1969-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Birmingham (Balsall Heath). Children living in substandard property'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Birmingham (Balsall Heath). Children living in substandard property

Photographs

1969-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr T's radio, cap and bag'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr T's radio, cap and bag

Photographs

1969-10 - 1969-11

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…

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1969-06

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Café exterior', showing Snug Café. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Café exterior

Photographs

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled ''Glasgow, Gorbals, October 1970. 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…

Photographs

1970-10

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Livingroom of a middle-class home'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Livingroom of a middle-class home

Photographs

1970-08

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

Children living in substandard property

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1969-06

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Children playing on derelict site'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, The Gorbals, Glasgow, August 1970.

Children playing on derelict site

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1970-08

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mrs Cowie lived with her 2 children in a rain sodden single room of a multi-let house'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, West End, Newcastle, June 1971.

Mrs Cowie lived with her 2 children in a rain sodden single room of a multi-let house

Photographs

1971-06

Untitled silver gelatin print, photographed by Nick Hedges, Moseley, Lanashire, May 1970

Untitled

Photographs

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Courtyard of a tenement block', showing washing on line, child playing in broken pram'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Courtyard of a tenement block

Photographs

1971-07

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Newspaper boy confronts noisy puppy'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Newspaper boy confronts noisy puppy

Photographs

1971-07

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Leaning on a brush chatting in Danube Street'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Leaning on a brush chatting in Danube Street

Photographs

1970-07

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Gas works'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, May 1969.

Gas works

Photographs

1969-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Courtyard of a tenement'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Courtyard of a tenement

Photographs

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

Photographs

1969-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Wasteground near town centre with horse traders'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Wasteground near town centre with horse traders

Photographs

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Carrying the banner - Whit Sunday parade'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Carrying the banner - Whit Sunday parade

Photographs

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Redcross Way'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Southwark, May 1970.

Redcross Way

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1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Site entrance'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Site entrance

Photographs

1970-07

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Tenements once owned by the railway for their workers, now in disrepair and in private hands'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Tenements once owned by the railway …

Photographs

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Children on tenement staircase'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Children on tenement staircase

Photographs

1970-08

Untitled gelatin silver print showing a tattoo parlour shop window, photographed by Nick Hedges, May 1970

Untitled

Photographs

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Birmingham, off the Bristol Road'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Birmingham, off the Bristol Road

Photographs

1970-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Terrace with mountain running up to the back door'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Terrace with mountain running up to the back door

Photographs

1970-06

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

Disused local picture house

Photographs

1970-06

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Paddling pools on a hot summer day'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Paddling pools on a hot summer day

Photographs

1970-08

Gelatin silver print entitled 'An off-licence and herbalist'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, May 1969.

An off-licence and herbalist

Photographs

1969-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mrs Moran and her unemployed son'. See interview P59 'Condemned' Photograph by Nick Hedges, West End, Newcastle, June 1971.

Mrs Moran and her unemployed son

Photographs

1971-06

Gelatin silver print entitled 'June 1969, Balsall Heath, Birmingham. Mother and children living in a council-owned slum house'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mother and children living in a council-owned slum house

Photographs

1969-06

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Traditional games at the village school'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Wichenford, Worcestershire, June 1970.

Traditional games at the village school

Photographs

1970-06