The last remaining shop - Hulme, Manchester 1966

Seemingly oblivious to the spectacular demolition surrounding his surviving terraced house and shop, a lone elderly shopkeeper sweeps his step, a small act of defiance against the clearance of the rest of the street. Photograph by Shirley Baker

Bricks Clearance Curtains Decay Defiance Demolished Demolition Desolation Grocers Hulme Isolation Lone Piles Redevelopment Regeneration Remaining Rubbish Shopfront Shopkeeper Smashed Spectacular Surviving Sweeps Terraced

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