Photographer Nick Hedges travelled from Birmingham slums to Glasgow tenements in the 1960s and 70s to document poverty-stricken Britain. [13], By the turn of the 20th century, back-to-back houses had become unpopular with residents and the government, who sought to ban their construction and eradicate existing properties nationwide. The city’s skyline across its most visible and historic inner city districts – notably Everton and Scotland Road – would never be the same again. In this instance, I was prompted by Christine Legge, who emailed requesting any photographs of Princes Walk, which was off Great Howard Street. Please enter the message. Leeds and its surrounding region is the only area where back-to-back houses still exist in large numbers, having been refurbished to include "mod cons" such as indoor bathrooms and central heating. Liverpool: This young girl clutches the hand of a woman in a cluttered house in one of Liverpool's filthy slums, revealed in Nick Hedges pictures taken in the supposedly swiniging 1960s The old Victorian building on Church Road, Tranmere began life as a workhouse before becoming St Catherine's hospital. Each house was separated by a single brick depth with a small room on each floor; ground-floor rooms served multiple purposes, as the remaining available space was used for bedrooms.
The houses have proved to be popular with buy to let investors, who helped to increase prices significantly during the early-mid 2000s. [1] Such was the initial lack of consideration for hygiene, that some houses were found to have been built over open drains covered only by boards.[2]. November 1948. So the feature never appeared but the photographs survived (now in Getty Images archive for whose permission to reproduce today’s image I am grateful). Get this from a library! See more ideas about Slums, Liverpool, Liverpool history.

Slum housing in Everton, Liverpool. The cities of Birmingham and Liverpool, where thousands of back-to-backs were built, both chose to retain a single example as a tourist attraction. Elizabeth J. Stewart is curator of Archaeology and the Historic Environment, Museum of Liverpool. I have never heard of the Courts and am fascinated by the descriptions of these slum residences. [Liz Stewart, (Archaeologist)] -- Liverpool was a burgeoning trading centre and rapidly growing town in the early 18th century, developing into a thriving mercantile metropolis by the 19th century. 3rd April 1939, A man inside slum housing in Liverpool inspect a large damp patch on the wall. These were the kind of houses he felt could help regenerate Baltimore which had, like Liverpool, hit the bottom as industry had been sucked out of it in recent decades. Small families with children in the city had little choice but to live in back-to-back houses, as they dominated the affordable market. With proper facilities – running water, toilet/bathroom and gas – they transformed the lives of thousands. Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: Your request to send this item has been completed. [30], The Bradford Industrial Museum has a block of back-to-backs decorated as dwellings of 1875, the Second World War, and the 1970s. He was accused later of having staged the photograph but he said it was real enough. http:\/\/id.loc.gov\/vocabulary\/countries\/enk> ; http:\/\/id.loc.gov\/authorities\/classification\/NA7523> ; http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Place\/liverpool_england> ; http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Topic\/courtyard_houses> ; http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Topic\/social_conditions> ; http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Topic\/courtyard_houses_england_liverpool_history> ; http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Topic\/slums> ; http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Event\/1800_1899> ; http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Topic\/slums_england_liverpool_history_19th_century> ; http:\/\/dewey.info\/class\/728.310942753\/e23\/> ; http:\/\/dewey.info\/class\/307.336416\/e23\/> ; http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Place\/england_liverpool> ; http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Person\/stewart_liz_archaeologist> ; http:\/\/worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/id\/5510397738> ; http:\/\/worldcat.org\/isbn\/9781786942111> ; http:\/\/bnb.data.bl.uk\/id\/resource\/GBB9A7805> ; http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/-\/oclc\/1057755066> ; http:\/\/dewey.info\/class\/307.336416\/e23\/>, http:\/\/dewey.info\/class\/728.310942753\/e23\/>, http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Event\/1800_1899>, http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Person\/stewart_liz_archaeologist>, http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Place\/england_liverpool>, http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Place\/liverpool_england>, http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Topic\/courtyard_houses>, http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Topic\/courtyard_houses_england_liverpool_history>, http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Topic\/slums>, http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Topic\/slums_england_liverpool_history_19th_century>, http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/5510397738#Topic\/social_conditions>, http:\/\/id.loc.gov\/authorities\/classification\/NA7523>, http:\/\/id.loc.gov\/vocabulary\/countries\/enk>, http:\/\/worldcat.org\/isbn\/9781786942111>, http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/-\/oclc\/1057755066>.

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