The slum children who shocked Swinging Sixties Britain: Just 50 years after Shelter released stark images of youngsters living in abject poverty in post-war UK, how did their lives pan out?
Between 1968 and 1972, photographer Nick Hedges captured a series of images showing poverty in UK cities
His images painted Britain in the Swinging Sixties in a new light - showing how some could barely afford food
Channel Five documentary will revisit the families in his photos - and show that for some, little has changed
By Amie Gordon For Mailonline
PUBLISHED: 17:58 GMT, 6 December 2016
More than four decades ago, stark images of poverty-stricken children in cities across the UK shocked the nation.
Photos from the Swinging Sixties often paint Britain in a hedonistic and carefree light, showing mods and rockers, glamorous models, pop stars and hippies striking a pose in Carnaby Street and partying until dawn at festivals.
But Hedges' project captured the reality of what lay beneath - those with no money, hot water and little food in squalid living conditions as the nation was gripped by a housing crisis.
His project run by housing charity Shelter aimed to expose the abject poverty some three million people were living in in post-war Britain.
The pictures document life in some of Britain's biggest cities: London, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and Newcastle.
The Channel Five documentary this evening will revisit the families in those images - and in some cases, show little has changed.
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