From 1969 to 1972, photographer Nick Hedges took pictures of life in London, England. Nick was hired by housing charity Shelter to travel round England and Scotland documenting the lives of families living in slum and squalor. Is this you or someone you know in these pictures?
An elderly pensioner living in a damp basement flat South London 1970
Single parent living in one room, Tottenham 1972
Single mum living in one room Highbury 1972
Father and child in a hostel for the homeless London 1971
Elderly single man in the kitchen of his basement flat Lambeth 1970
Portrait of mother and toddler living in overcrowded housing South London 1971
Portrait of mother and her children living in temporary accommodation South London 1971
Portrait of mother and daughter living in poor housing Brixton 1972
Portrait of elderly single man in his basement flat, Lambeth 1970
Mother living in one bedroom flat, Tottenham 1972
Living in a single room N. London 1970
Dormitory of hostel for the homeless Dartmouth Park 1969
Dormitory of hostel for the homeless Dartmouth Park 1969
Doorstep conversation, Brent 1969
Courtyard of Chaucer House Hostel for the Homeless South London 1971
Child on balcony of her tenement block, Southwark 1970
Child dreaming on balcony of her tenement block, Southwark 1970
Single parent living in one room Tottenham 1972
Single mum living in a single room Notting Hill 1972
OAP living in damp basement flat Lambeth 1970
Mother child and kitten living in slum property N London 1971
Mother and son in foul kitchen basement Battersea 1970
Married couple and family living in overcrowded flat, South London 1972
Living accommodation hostel for the homeless Dartmouth Park 1969
Kitchen on a Brixton staircase London 1972
In a hostel for the homeless Dartmouth Park 1969
Children gossiping on the roof of their tenement block, Wandsworth 1969
Young family living in one room South London 1972
Street scene, Lambeth 1970
OAP living in damp basement flat Lambeth 1970
Kitchen of a basement flat Wandsworth 1970
Courtyard of Chaucer House Hostel for the Homeless no 2 South London 1971
Children playing on the roof of their tenement block, Wandsworth 1969
Child playing in the courtyard of a homeless hostel London 1969
We’ve pages dedicated to each city Nick visited: Glasgow, Liverpool (Volume 1 and Volume 2), Newcastle, London, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham (Volume 1 and Volume 2), Salford, Leeds, Whitechapel (London) and Bradford.