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...

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s