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


(Photos © Shirley Baker/courtesy the Shirley Baker Estate, via The Guardian)