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...
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
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(Photos © Shirley Baker/courtesy the Shirley Baker Estate, via The Guardian)