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Poverty Collection (page 3)

Background imagePoverty Collection: Russian collective farmers who were driven out of their homes by the invading German army

Russian collective farmers who were driven out of their homes by the invading German army on the the Russian Front during the Second World War

Background imagePoverty Collection: Tenants waiting for repairs to their homes are furious at a councils decision to spend

Tenants waiting for repairs to their homes are furious at a councils decision to spend nearly £ 3000 cleaning up a condemned flats - just to impress a Royal visitor

Background imagePoverty Collection: Slum housing in Birmingham. 25th July 1970

Slum housing in Birmingham. 25th July 1970

Background imagePoverty Collection: Member of Parliament for Birmingham Sparkbrook Roy Hattersley visits slum housing in

Member of Parliament for Birmingham Sparkbrook Roy Hattersley visits slum housing in Birmingham. 25th July 1970

Background imagePoverty Collection: Life in 1960s Colonial Hong Kong, with a rapidly growing population of more than 4

Life in 1960s Colonial Hong Kong, with a rapidly growing population of more than 4 million people, many are forced to live in squatter shacks and shanty towns, Pictured January 1968

Background imagePoverty Collection: Slum housing in Salford. 1 year old boy Peter. Their home has two rooms up

Slum housing in Salford. 1 year old boy Peter. Their home has two rooms up and two rooms down. There is no bath or hot water. There is one tap. 3rd April 1960

Background imagePoverty Collection: Slum housing in Salford. Three year old John Logan. 3rd April 1960

Slum housing in Salford. Three year old John Logan. 3rd April 1960

Background imagePoverty Collection: Slum housing in Salford. 3rd April 1960

Slum housing in Salford. 3rd April 1960

Background imagePoverty Collection: Children swimming in the Saigon River on the eve of Tet, the Vietnamese new year

Children swimming in the Saigon River on the eve of Tet, the Vietnamese new year. 2nd February 1973

Background imagePoverty Collection: Shanty town on the eastern edge of Tehran, where open sewers run past houses made of mud

Shanty town on the eastern edge of Tehran, where open sewers run past houses made of mud and reinforced with tin cans. Our Picture Shows

Background imagePoverty Collection: Passers-by stare at the eviction notices pinned up at Sophia Street, Butetown

Passers-by stare at the eviction notices pinned up at Sophia Street, Butetown. 22nd January 1958

Background imagePoverty Collection: One of the unused store cupboards at Elizabeth Flats, Allerton Street, Grangetown

One of the unused store cupboards at Elizabeth Flats, Allerton Street, Grangetown, Cardiff. 2nd July 1983

Background imagePoverty Collection: A mother of No. 198 Colman Street, Hull, with her children in one bedroom. 9th July 1953

A mother of No. 198 Colman Street, Hull, with her children in one bedroom. 9th July 1953
A mother of No.198 Colman Street, Hull, with her children in one bedroom. 9th July 1953

Background imagePoverty Collection: Mrs Mary Wall points out peeling wallpaper and hole in brickwork which she claims was

Mrs Mary Wall points out peeling wallpaper and hole in brickwork which she claims was made by rats in her home at Miller Street, Aston. 5th November 1970

Background imagePoverty Collection: Slum housing in Birmingham. 24th October 1970

Slum housing in Birmingham. 24th October 1970

Background imagePoverty Collection: Akenside Hill, Newcastle. Picture shows a lodging house where single beds cost 1 1 / 2d

Akenside Hill, Newcastle. Picture shows a lodging house where single beds cost 1 1 / 2d
Akenside Hill, Newcastle. Picture shows a lodging house where single beds cost 1 1/2d. a night. 1921

Background imagePoverty Collection: Unemployed sailors thrusting their discharge books through a landing-stage barrier at

Unemployed sailors thrusting their discharge books through a landing-stage barrier at Liverpool in the hope of filling a last-minute vacancy on a departing liner

Background imagePoverty Collection: Slumdoms stronghold reduced to rubble heaps at North Shields

Slumdoms stronghold reduced to rubble heaps at North Shields, where areas of Clive Street and Bedford Street are being cleared. 7th February 1935

Background imagePoverty Collection: National Unemployed Workers Movement Hunger March. seen here levying Newcastle

National Unemployed Workers Movement Hunger March. seen here levying Newcastle. The NUWM march was to highlight the plight of the unemployed workers during the economic depression. 1st February 1934

Background imagePoverty Collection: Unemployment march in Newcastle. 29th September 1931

Unemployment march in Newcastle. 29th September 1931

Background imagePoverty Collection: Unemployed marchers including Lancashire mill strikers and communists from London

Unemployed marchers including Lancashire mill strikers and communists from London, parading outside Newcastle City Hall, where the Trades Union Congress was in session

Background imagePoverty Collection: A group of happy campers in the camp at Sparty Lea for the wives of Tyneside unemployed

A group of happy campers in the camp at Sparty Lea for the wives of Tyneside unemployed. 22nd September 1933

Background imagePoverty Collection: Merseyside dockers who went to the National Assistance Board offices in Balliol Road

Merseyside dockers who went to the National Assistance Board offices in Balliol Road, Bootle, asking for benefit, after their nine day unofficial stoppage

Background imagePoverty Collection: An onion seller. 1st December 1928

An onion seller. 1st December 1928

Background imagePoverty Collection: Lift failures at Haigh Heights, Everton, have helped Mrs Irene Wright to wear out three

Lift failures at Haigh Heights, Everton, have helped Mrs Irene Wright to wear out three prams in a little over two years. 8th March 1973

Background imagePoverty Collection: Fats on the Penrhys Estate, numbers 548 o 555 which will be demolished. 5th July 1990

Fats on the Penrhys Estate, numbers 548 o 555 which will be demolished. 5th July 1990

Background imagePoverty Collection: Old and New, with Brasilia, the planned city that became Brazils capital in 1960

Old and New, with Brasilia, the planned city that became Brazils capital in 1960, rising in the background, locals look for a bargain in makeshift sheet metal market shops, pictured 1st November 1968

Background imagePoverty Collection: Favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24th October 1968. Our picture shows

Favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24th October 1968. Our picture shows... Maria Ritawith with two month old Emival, outside her home in the favela

Background imagePoverty Collection: Angela Wallace, British volunteer with the United Nations, aged 21 from Ayr, Scotland

Angela Wallace, British volunteer with the United Nations, aged 21 from Ayr, Scotland, works in the poverty stricken neighbourhoods of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pictured 22nd April 1966

Background imagePoverty Collection: Women with scarves around their heads and a man search a spoil heap near Manchester in a

Women with scarves around their heads and a man search a spoil heap near Manchester in a desperate bid to find fuel during the General Strike of 1926. May 1926

Background imagePoverty Collection: Little Benny Merrell aged six takes some of the ancient wood bricks from Shirland Road

Little Benny Merrell aged six takes some of the ancient wood bricks from Shirland Road, West London and sells them on for firewood 5th March 1954

Background imagePoverty Collection: Young newspaper vendors on the streets of Cape Town selling copies of the Cape Argus

Young newspaper vendors on the streets of Cape Town selling copies of the Cape Argus. 4th February 1955

Background imagePoverty Collection: Scenes in Naples, southern Italy showing young boys talk to a beggar in the city streets

Scenes in Naples, southern Italy showing young boys talk to a beggar in the city streets. Circa 1955

Background imagePoverty Collection: Young children play in the back alleyways behind Clifton Street in Ordsall, Salford

Young children play in the back alleyways behind Clifton Street in Ordsall, Salford. 1st May 1970

Background imagePoverty Collection: A resident walks along a road full of part demolished houses in the Openshaw area of

A resident walks along a road full of part demolished houses in the Openshaw area of Manchester. 27th January 1971

Background imagePoverty Collection: Feature on Hong Kong as former Conservative politician Chris Patten

Feature on Hong Kong as former Conservative politician Chris Patten, who lost his Bath seat in the 1992 General election, takes up his post as the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong

Background imagePoverty Collection: The unemployed of Cardiff pick over the rubbish tip close to the city. 19th October 1938

The unemployed of Cardiff pick over the rubbish tip close to the city. 19th October 1938

Background imagePoverty Collection: Tramps at night by a camp fire Circa 1930

Tramps at night by a camp fire Circa 1930

Background imagePoverty Collection: Mr Peter Walker, Secretary of State for Wales (left) with the Rev

Mr Peter Walker, Secretary of State for Wales (left) with the Rev. Councillor Bill Morgan when they visited the vandalised flats in Whitebeam Close, Gurnos, Merthyr

Background imagePoverty Collection: The first tenants have moved into a block of flats which is being renovated in a

The first tenants have moved into a block of flats which is being renovated in a pioneering scheme to help homeless South Wales youngsters

Background imagePoverty Collection: Women with scarves round their heads search a spoil heap near Manchester for fuel during

Women with scarves round their heads search a spoil heap near Manchester for fuel during the general strike, 1926

Background imagePoverty Collection: Three-year-old Robert Watson plays in the dustbin outside Number Two Court

Three-year-old Robert Watson plays in the dustbin outside Number Two Court, Dickenson Street, Oldham. 1st June 1962

Background imagePoverty Collection: Children playing outside slum housing in Dickenson Street, Oldham. 1st June 1962

Children playing outside slum housing in Dickenson Street, Oldham. 1st June 1962

Background imagePoverty Collection: Children playing outside slum housing Number Two Court, Dickenson Street, Oldham

Children playing outside slum housing Number Two Court, Dickenson Street, Oldham. 1st June 1962

Background imagePoverty Collection: Child playing in alleyway at rear of Gordon Street and Elias Street, Toxteth, Liverpool

Child playing in alleyway at rear of Gordon Street and Elias Street, Toxteth, Liverpool, 29th June 1962

Background imagePoverty Collection: Workmen making general improvements to the narrow back passageways of a street in Everton

Workmen making general improvements to the narrow back passageways of a street in Everton, known as the Flower Streets. Workmen are transforming the alleyways into paved areas twice as big

Background imagePoverty Collection: Rubbish site in Adamsdown, an inner city area and community in the south of Cardiff

Rubbish site in Adamsdown, an inner city area and community in the south of Cardiff, Wales. 14th January 1965. Our Picture Shows

Background imagePoverty Collection: Philip Street slums, Bristol 1968

Philip Street slums, Bristol 1968



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