Mick Hartley

As part of the Mass-Observation Worktown Collection project, a study of Bolton between 1937 and 1940, Humphrey Spender took over 800 photographs, of which 355 are available to be viewed at the Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, including sections on industry, sport, the pub, and the street:

[Photo: Humphrey Spender, Bolton Museums]

You can almost smell the coal fires.

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