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Happy Mondays fans at the gig at Elland Road, 1991. Credit: Richard Davis / British Culture Archive
Launching on Thursday 30th January is the first of the 2020 cultural programme at The Refuge, a residency from the British Culture Archive.
The exhibition, ‘The People’s City’ will launch with a huge party in association with Proper Magazine. There will be guest DJs including Paul Wright, Neil Summers, Luke Unabomber, Glenn Kitson, Abigail Ward and plenty more to be confirmed.
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Punx Picnic, Hulme, Manchester, c1989. Image supplied by Denise Sutcliffe to British Culture Archive.
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Manchester early 90s. Credit: J.C. Leach / British Culture Archive
The British Culture Archive is a registered non-profit resource set up to document, highlight and preserve the changes in British society and culture through social and documentary photography.
The exhibition includes a truly stunning selection of images from featured photographers that capture the very essence of what made Britain one of the world’s most culturally diverse countries from the 1960’s onwards.
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Hulme, Manchester c.late 80s. Credit: Richard Davis / British Culture Archive
Showcasing the work of Peter Walsh, photographer from Manchester’s City Life Magazine, Richard Davis a British social documentary and portrait photographer and also Rob Bremner.
Alongside this is the ongoing project British Culture Archive, The People’s Archive which documents the images of everyday life, working-class society and culture in the UK.
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Hulme, circa late 80s. Credit: Richard Davis / British Culture Archive
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‘I have a dream’. Poet & writer Lemn Sissay. Hulme, Manchester early 90s. Credit: Richard Davis / British Culture Archive
To submit images for consideration, email paul@britishculturearchive.co.uk.
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British Culture Archive presents The People’s City Exhibition
Where: The Refuge,
When: Thursday 30th January 2019 (until Spring)
Time: Open from 5pm
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The Refuge, Oxford St, Manchester M60 7HA
www.refugemcr.co.uk