In the late 1980s, with the steel industry having virtually disappeared and big efforts to regenerate the Lower Don Valley getting under way, John was asked by the city’s Untitled Gallery to take pictures of this important time in social history.
His work can be found in a new box set of books called Sheffield In Transition 1988-89. Here are 20 of the best images from the collection – read an interview with John here.
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Peter at his 'buy and sell shop' on Attercliffe Road. Photo: John Darwell
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