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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. 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 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 'Row of condemned houses'. Liverpool 8, March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Row of condemned houses

1969-03
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 '"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 '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 'Girl from Paddington Comprehensive School helping to run a pre-school playgroup in a converted Corporation bus'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Girl from Paddington Comprehensive School…

1970-05
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 'April 1970, Liverpool 8. Residents of the SNAP (Shelter Neighbourhood Action Project) area at the opening of a show house'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Residents of the SNAP…

1970-04
Gelatin silver print entitled 'The immaculate backyard of a terraced house

The immaculate backyard of a terraced house

1969-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Street scenes in Liverpool 8. An area abutting onto and including the SHELTER Neighbourhood Action Project'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Street scenes in Liverpool 8…

1969-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Caretaker's flat in an empty Georgian house in Falkner Square', showing the kitchen. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Caretaker's flat in an empty Georgian house in Falkner Square [kitchen]

1971-07
Gelatin silver print entitled '19th century terraced housing'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

19th century terraced housing

October-November 1969
Gelatin silver print entitled 'May 1970, Liverpool 8. At a youth club in the basement of a derelict church hall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

At a youth club in the basement of a derelict church hall

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'April 1970, Liverpool 8. Signs in a hallway of a multi-let house'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Signs in a hallway of a multi-let house

1970-04
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Slum clearance zone'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Slum clearance zone

1970-10
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Playing at a primary school in EPA [Educational Priority area]'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Playing at a primary school in EPA

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Decorating just after house purchase'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Decorating just after house purchase

October-November 1969
Gelatin silver print entitled '9.00 pm in a youth club in a deprived area'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

9.00 pm in a youth club in a deprived area

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Caretaker's flat in an empty Georgian house in Falkner Square'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Caretaker's flat in an empty Georgian house in Falkner Square

1971-07
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Street scenes in Liverpool 8. An area abutting onto and including the SHELTER Neighbourhood Action Project'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Street scenes in Liverpool 8…

1969-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Play inside a double-decker bus converted for use as mobile accommodation for a pre-school playgroup'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Play inside a double-decker bus converted for use as mobile accommodation for a pre-school playgroup

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mrs S and her 4 children live in a single room of a multi-let house. The children are aged from one year to 10 years. They share the bathroom with 5 other families and share the lavatory with the same number. Cooking is done on a tiny 2-ring gas stove. The rent for the room is £3'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Liverpool 8.

Mrs S and her 4 children…

October-November 1969
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr & Mrs Thomas lived with their 3 children in a single room in a multi-let house in Mulgrave Street. The two boys slept in a bed made from 2 small armchairs one at each end. As they grew she pulled the chairs further apart and laid a board between them'. See interview P13 "Happy Christmas", photographed by Nick Hedges.

Mr & Mrs Thomas lived with their 3 children...

1970-10
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 'Some tenants of one multi-let house, The ground floor front room'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Liverpool 8.

Some tenants of one multi-let house…

October-November 1969
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 '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 'May 1970, Liverpool 8. Singing at a youth club in the basement of a derelict church hall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Singing at a youth club in the basement of a derelict church hall

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Girl in doorway of slum house'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Girl in doorway of slum house

1971-07
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr & Mrs Bell-Smith lived with their 2 children in a derelict house There was no water, no gas, no electricity, He worked for the city council but the city council wouldn't rehouse the family'. See extensive interview p.30 - 30 'Condemned'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr & Mrs Bell-Smith lived with their 2 children…

1971-07
Gelatin silver print entitled 'October 1969, Liverpool 8. Window of house in area of poor housing'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Window of house in area of poor housing

1969-10
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 plan and the hand. SNAP (Shelter Neighbourhood Action Project) street meeting'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

The plan and the hand. SNAP (Shelter Neighbourhood Action Project) street meeting

1969-10-1969-11
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Cellar of slum property'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Cellar of slum property

1971-07
Gelatin silver print entitled 'October 1970, Granby Street, Liverpool 8. Mr & Mrs Towers lived with their 3 teenage children at the back of a butcher's shop. Their living room in which the photographs were taken, was above the refrigerated storeroom so the floor was like a block of ice. The electric wiring in the kitchen was faulty, so she cooked on the fire'. See interview P18 "Happy Christmas", photographed by Nick Hedges.

Mr & Mrs Towers…

1970-10
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Street scenes in Liverpool 8. An area abutting onto and including the SHELTER Neighbourhood Action Project'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Street scenes in Liverpool 8. An area abutting onto and including the SHELTER Neighbourhood Action Project

1969-06
Gelatin silver print entitled 'November 1970, Granby Street, Liverpool 8. Mr & Mrs Towers lived with their 3 teenage children at the back of a butcher's shop. Their living room in which the photographs were taken, was above the refrigerated storeroom so the floor was like a block of ice. The electric wiring in the kitchen was faulty, so she cooked on the fire'. See interview P18 "Happy Christmas", photographed by Nick Hedges.

Mr & Mrs Towers…

1970-11
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mrs S and her 4 children live in a single room of a multi-let house. The children are aged from one year to 10 years. They share the bathroom with 5 other families and share the lavatory with the same number. Cooking is done on a tiny 2-ring gas stove. The rent for the room is £3'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mrs S and her 4 children…

1969-10
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 'Rest inside a double-decker bus converted for use as mobile accommodation for a pre-school playgroup'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Liverpool 8, May 1970.

Rest inside a double-decker bus...

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr T lived alone in a single room of a multi-let house. It is very damp and in poor repair. His pattern of life was revealing. In winter he went to bed most of the afternoon to keep warm as he couldn't afford to keep the gas fire on. Otherwise, he spent his day travelling round on the buses. OAPs had free passes at off-peak periods. This, too, kept him warm for nothing'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr T lived alone in a single room of a multi-let house…

October-November 1969
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Front door of terraced house'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Front door of terraced house

October-November 1969
Gelatin silver print entitled 'November 1970, Granby Street, Liverpool 8. Mr & Mrs Towers lived with their 3 teenage children at the back of a butcher's shop. Their living room in which the photographs were taken, was above the refrigerated storeroom so the floor was like a block of ice. The electric wiring in the kitchen was faulty, so she cooked on the fire. See interview P18 "Happy Christmas", photographed by Nick Hedges.

Mr & Mrs Towers…

1970-11
Gelatin silver print entitled 'May 1970, Liverpool 8. Fatigued boy in class at a primary school in an EPA area'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Fatigued boy in class at a primary school in an EPA area

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'May 1970, Liverpool 8. At a youth club in the basement of a derelict church hall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

At a youth club in the basement of a derelict church hall

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Encounter in a passageway'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Encounter in a passageway

1970-10
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Caretaker's flat in an empty Georgian house in Falkner Square'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Caretaker's flat in an empty Georgian house in Falkner Square

1971-07
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