From 1969 to 1972, photographer Nick Hedges took pictures of life in Bradford, England. Nick was hired by housing charity Shelter to travel round England and Scotland documenting the lives of families living in slum and squalor. Is this you or someone you know in these pictures?
Mother and daughter living slum terrace, Bradford 1969
In a Bradford laundrette 1970
Girls at play, Bradford terraces, 1972
Football above the power station, Bradford 1969
Father and child Bradford terraced street 1972
Family living in overcrowded accommodation, Bradford 1972
Family living in one room flat Bradford 1972
Estate agent’s window, Bradford 1969
Coming home from school, Bradford 1969
Children and fence, Bradford 1969
Brother and sister in cellar of their Bradford house, 1969
An immaculate range in a Bradford terrace 219-28
Mother and children with school photos, Bradford 1969
Housewife in doorway of Bradford house, 1969
Girls on a fence, Bradford 1972
Girl playing on a Bradford street corner, 1969
Family living in an overcrowded property, Bradford 1969
Delivering newspapers, Bradford 1969
Boy standing in the rain, Forster St Bradford 1969
Bot and bicycle on a Bradford hill 1969
Trophy for the street game, Bradford 1969
Street scene by gas works, Bradford 1969
Sikh boy reading a comic, Bradford 1969
Senior citizen by his hearth, Bradford 1969
Road subsidence, Bradford 1969
Returning from school, Bradford 1969
Overcrowded family, Bradford 1970
We’ve pages dedicated to each city Nick visited: Glasgow, Liverpool (Volume 1 and Volume 2), Newcastle, London, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham (Volume 1 and Volume 2), Salford, Leeds, Whitechapel (London) and Bradford.
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