this area of Hanley, (around the Waterloo Street, Commercial Road) has during 2007/8 had many terraced housed demolished to make way new housing developments.

some of the empty houses were used for this project - using photographs of local people as stories from the area. 

 

remembering the Second World War - National Service, Rationing and photos of the children for the soldier on the front

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remembering the "Minnie Pit" coal mining disaster of 1918
 

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reflections of an industrial past

 

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reflections of everyday life
both the windows and door in this picture are not real
they are photos placed on the derelict house