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Gelatin silver print entitled 'Some tenants of one multi-let house. Irish family living in one basement room', showing 9 members of family, photographed 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 '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. 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 '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. In a slum clearance zone'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

In a slum clearance zone

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 '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 '"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 '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. Graffiti on door of derelict house (anti-Wilson)'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Liverpool 8, March 1969…

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 '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 '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 '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 'Des McConaghy , SNAP (Shelter Neighbourhood Action Project) Director, takes a crowded street meeting of residents'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Des McConaghy…

October-November 1969
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Doorway of house'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, May 1970, Liverpool 8.

Doorway of house

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Some tenants of one multi-let house. Single room, first floor'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Liverpool 8.

Some tenants of one multi-let house…

October-November 1969
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 '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 '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 'Cellar of slum property'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Cellar of slum property

1971-07
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
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 'Mrs Ditchfield lived with 4 children in one room, she cooked on a single electric hot plate. The family existed on £12.55 p wk'. See interview P5 "Happy Christmas", photographed by Nick Hedges.

Mrs Ditchfield lived with 4 children…

1970-10
Gelatin silver print entitled May 1970, Liverpool 8. A message to the inhabitants of an inner-city slum'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

A message to the inhabitants of an inner-city slum

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'October 1969, Liverpool 8. Used and derelict property'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Used and derelict property

1969-10
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Decaying Georgian Terrace'. Liverpool 8, March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Decaying Georgian Terrace

1969-03
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Primary school in an Educational Priority Area', showing a group of boys in playground, photographed by Nick Hedges, May 1970, Liverpool 8.

Primary school in an Educational Priority Area

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mrs Bold lived with her husband and their 5 children in a house on the edge of the slum clearance zone See interview p.29 'Condemned'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mrs Bold lived with her husband and their 5 children…

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 '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

1971-07
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Typical postwar council austerity housing just 200 yds from the terraces featured above'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Typical postwar council austerity housing…

1969-06
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 '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 '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 '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 '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 '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 'Girl in doorway of slum house'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Girl in doorway of slum house

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 '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 '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 '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