Toddler taking part in within the ruins left by slum clearance, Birmingham, 1968
Generations of youngsters grew up in an surroundings of desolation, decay and demolition. These pictures from Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Newcastle illustrate the taking part in fields of the cities. Robust working class neighborhood cultures had been being damaged down, as common employment grew to become much less sure, households grew to become dispersed and previous certainties vanished
