Powerful Photos of Poor Housing Conditions and The Lives of Working-class Bradford Communities From 1960s-70s

Photographer Nick Hedges documented the housing and living conditions of working-class and slum areas across Britain in the late-1960s and 1970s. He was commissioned by Housing Charity Shelter to report the poverty-stricken areas of the country. These photos depict slum-like conditions in tenements and lack of basic facilities.

In our previous posts, we featured photos of working-class and slum areas of cities including Manchester, New Castle upon Tyne, Birmingham, Glasgow. Here below are some photos that depict the living conditions of working-class Bradford communities.

#1 Trophy for the street game, Bradford, 1969

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#2 Mother and daughter living slum terrace, Bradford, 1969

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#3 In a Bradford laundrette, 1970

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#4 Girls at play, Bradford terraces, 1972

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#5 Football above the power station, Bradford, 1969

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#6 Father and child Bradford terraced street, 1972

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#7 Family living in overcrowded accommodation, Bradford, 1972

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#8 Family living in one room flat Bradford, 1972

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#9 Estate agent’s window, Bradford 1969

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#10 A young boy playing cricket, 1969

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#11 Coming home from school, Bradford, 1969

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#12 Children and fence, Bradford, 1969

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#13 Brother and sister in cellar of their Bradford house, 1969

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#14 Backyard of slum houses, 1969

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#15 A boy on the roof, 1969

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#16 An immaculate range in a Bradford terrace 219-28

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#17 Mother and children with school photos, Bradford 1969

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#18 Housewife in doorway of Bradford house, 1969

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#19 Girls on a fence, Bradford, 1972

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#20 Girl playing on a Bradford street corner, 1969

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#21 Family living in an overcrowded property, Bradford, 1969

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#22 Delivering newspapers, Bradford, 1969

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#23 Boy standing in the rain, Forster St Bradford, 1969

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#24 Bot and bicycle on a Bradford hill, 1969

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#25 Street scene by gas works, Bradford, 1969

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#26 Sikh boy reading a comic, Bradford, 1969

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#27 Senior citizen by his hearth, Bradford, 1969

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#28 Road subsidence, Bradford, 1969

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#29 Returning from school, Bradford, 1969

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#30 Overcrowded family, Bradford, 1970

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