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Manchester and Salford

1960s

Photographs by Roger Shelley

Roger Shelley photographed the streets of Manchester and Salford from the 1960s onwards, capturing the communities living on the terraced streets on the outskirts of Manchester city centre.

A large section of Roger’s images document the slum clearances in Hulme and Chorlton-on-Medlock, and the subsequent regeneration and new estates that re-housed displaced communities across the region.

Radnor Street, Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.
Radnor Street, Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Shop Front, Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.
Shop Front, Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.
Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Rag and Bone Man in Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.
Rag and Bone Man in Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Rag and Bone Man in Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.
Rag and Bone Man in Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Manchester, 1960s.
Old Trafford, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Slum Clearances, Manchester, 1960s.
Slum Clearances, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Manchester, 1960s.
Back Alleyway, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

The Refuge, Manchester, 1960s.
The Refuge Assurance Building, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Slum Clearances, Manchester, 1960s.
Slum Clearances, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

The Sherwood Pub stands amongst the slum clearances in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester. 1960s.
The Sherwood Pub stands amongst the slum clearances in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester. 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, 1960s.
Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

"Manchester was rapidly changing in the 1960s, swathes of the old terrace two-up-two-down houses were demolished to make way for modern high-rise flats and maisonettes. A lot of communities were moved out of the city to estates that were already built, whilst others stayed in temporary accommodation and waited to be re-housed within their old communities." 

Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.
Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Manchester, 1960s.
Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Manchester Fire Brigade, Opposite Manchester Magistrates Court, 1960s.
Manchester Fire Brigade, opposite Manchester Magistrates Court, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.
Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.
Hulme, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Salford, 1960s.
Salford, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Scrap Metal Yard, Salford, 1960s.
Scrap Metal Yard, Salford, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Manchester, 1960s.
Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

A young boy and his dog, Manchester, 1960s.
A young boy and his dog, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Salford Docks, 1960s.
Salford Docks, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Duke Street, Castlefield, Manchester, 1960s.
Duke Street, Castlefield, Manchester, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Salford, 1960s.
Salford, 1960s.

Photo © Roger Shelley, all rights reserved.

Collection published 14th July, 2019. © Roger Shelley / British Culture Archive. All rights reserved. 

All images © Roger Shelley. No usage or reproduction of any kind without prior permission of the copyright holder.Â