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Photographs

The Disabled People’s Archive holds thousands of photographs, from the 1910s to the present. We have physical prints, negatives, slides and CD's with photos on. Most of these were taken by members of GMCDP and other DPOs. 

We have been working hard to scan, catalogue and repackage these photos. Each photo we have created alt-text and an image description of the photo. 

Unfortunately, they are not all catalogued yet. However, we have been working in partnership with Manchester Local Image Collection, who also work with Archives+,  to make our full scanned and catalogued collection available to view online. You can find their website here: Home - Manchester Images 

We are working off small bits of information to add detail. If you would like to help and become an 'archive detective’ to assist us in finding out as much as we can about who is in the photos and detail about the events, campaigns and demonstrations - then please do contact us. 

Please click on the photos for details.

Glossary

 

Photo of disabled protestors outside Parliament for Not Dead Yet Protest November 2014.

Not Dead Yet Protest November 2014

Black and white photo of a group of people on the Manchester Town Hall link bridge including two children in wheelchairs at the front. A woman cuts a ribbon across the hallway. 

Manchester Town Hall step free link bridge, late 1980s

Colour photo of two police officers hold back disabled protestors at two large glass doors, with people inside the building looking on.

Birmingham DAN protest, 1995

Photo: gathering for the Trike rally, Rochdale Town Hall, July 1977

Trike Rally Rochdale - 1977

Photo: Anti Apartheid protest, Stoke Mandeville Games, 25 July 1982

Anti-Apartheid Protest - 1982

Photo: GMCDP members assemble for Civil Rights Bill lobby, London, 9 April 1986

Lobby - Tom Clark Civil Rights Bill, London - 1986

Photo: gathering for the BCODP Day of Action, Kennington Park London, 28 July 1988

BCODP Day of Action, London - 1988

Photo: protest against Telethon, London Weekend TV studio, 27 May 1990

First Telethon Protest, London - 1990

Photo: Disability Benefits Consortium Rally, Albert Square Manchester, 27 October 1990

Disability Consortium Rally, Manchester - 1990

Photo: protest against Children in Need, BBC studio Leeds, 22 November 1991

Children in Need, Leeds - 1991

Photo: DAN protest outside Leeds Railway Station, May 1994

Leeds Train Station Sensory Garden Protest - 1994

Photo: the band Heart n Soul performing at the Independence Festival, Albert Square Manchester, 3 July 1999

Independence Festival Manchester - 1999

Photo: protester on the ground being arrested at DAN's disabled people's parking protest, Dale Street Liverpool, 1994

Accessible Parking Protest, Dale Street, Liverpool - 1994

Photo: Young disabled people from GMCDP being interviewed by the media at the march and rally for BSL, Trafalgar Square London, 8 July 2000

British Sign Language Recognition March And Rally, London - July 2000

Photo: a March protesting against austerity, Oxford Road Manchester, 4 October 2015

Anti-austerity March, Manchester - 2015