The Last Days of the Slums: 20 Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

   

From neighbors chatting between rubble-strewn terraces to kids playing cricket on cracked pavements, Shirley Baker’s photographs capture a rich street life on the brink of being bulldozed into history...

 
Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
 
 
Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

 

 
Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s