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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Lifestyle
Lee Grimsditch

Shirley Baker captured a lost way of life. She never got the credit she was due

The life and work of one of Greater Manchester's most loved photographers has been immortalised by a new documentary on her life and work.

Shirley Baker, born in Kersal, Salford, in 1932, is now celebrated as one of the most important social documentary photographers of her generation.

Shirley, who died in 2014 aged 82, is best known for her images of the streets and communities of Manchester and Salford from the 1960s to the 1980s.

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