The slums were cleared only to be replaced by a doomed 1960s housing experiment and flawed new homes. Hulme’s infamous Crescents survived for 30 years before they too were ripped down.
Next came red-bricked houses with gardens and low rise flats. And through it all lived the real fabric of the community - the residents.
Now their story is to be told in a new film, which has been almost two years in the making.
