Pupils of Ross Place School, Ardwick, Manchester, jump across a sea of mud to enter school. December 1970
Manchester children warm themselves by the fire following an air raid on the city. March 1941
Children on a Manchester Street find their own enjoyment with the aid of a rope and a lamp post - March 1943
Children continue to play games and enjoy adventures, even amongst the desolation caused by German Luftwaffe air raids in Manchester during the Second World War. June 1943
A youngster makes use of a former RAF petrol tank to rescue his friend stranded by flood waters on a lamppost on the main Manchester to Wigan road, after the River Douglas had burst its banks at Wigan. Circa 1947.
1951: Children playing with an old tyre on the streets of Salford
Children wearing boxing gloves in Manchester watching a sparring session. July 1952
Two young children from the Hulme district of Manchester in 1954
Children playing in dirty puddle near factories in Manchester. November 1954
Two boys digging on waste ground at the back of terraced houses in Manchester. January 1954
12 year-old footballer Margaret Wilde (left), at shooting practice in a street near her home in Denton, near Manchester, April 1960. Her friend Brenda Brook (12) is holding up one of the goalposts
Children playing in the crumbling alleyways in Salford. April 1960
Children playing in the unsanitary back alleyways in Salford. April 1960
Children peering out through a shattered window in Salfrod. 1960
Manchester kids build a bonfire ahead of the evening celebrations. November 1962
Children play on abandoned cars in Dallas Street, Ardwick, Manchester. August 1965
A little girl wanders amongst the rubble of demolished houses in the Preston Street area of Hulme. The area is being cleared for development. September 1965
Children playing football in Archie Street, Manchester. Archie Street was the inspiration behind Coronation Street. June 1967
Children play among the debris at the back of Dulgar Street, Openshaw, Manchester. April 1968
Children playing on the street with tricycle and a wheeled cart, in Manchester. 1969
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Pupils of Ross Place School, Ardwick, Manchester, jump across a sea of mud to enter school. December 1970
Children playing in one of the playgrounds at Lancashire Hill, surrounded by flats. April 1970
Children paddle in the waters of the Rochdale Canal at Ancoats. June 1971
Youngsters in a flooded Macclesfield street after heavy rainfall. July 1973
Young lads 'hang out' in woods in Eccles, Greater Manchester. Circa 1975
A youngster hopes for 'Penny for the guy' as he waits alone outside a closed shop in Eccles, Greater Manchester. Circa 1976
Two youngsters push a skateboard along Foxhill Road, in Eccles, Greater Manchester. Circa 1976
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A road-marker has to wait as one of his cones is usurped and used as head-gear by a cheeky youngster in Eccles, Greater Manchester. Circa 1978
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Young children puff on fake cigarettes in Salford, Greater Manchester. Circa 1980
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Children playing in an abandoned car, Cheetham, Manchester. May 1992
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Moss Side, Manchester - A young boy climbs over a back wall after retrieving his ball. October
