From neighbors chatting between rubble-strewn terraces to kids playing cricket on cracked pavements, Shirley Baker’s photographs capture a rich street life on the brink of being bulldozed into history…

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s

Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s