Person    | Male  Born 19/5/1913  Died 3/7/1995

Bert Hardy

Documentary and press photographer known for his work published in 'Picture Post' 1941-57. Born and grew up in Priory Buildings. Photo Histories says Bert was "the first of seven children to carpenter Albert ‘Seagull’ Hardy and Blanche, his charlady wife. The family home consisted of two small rooms at the top of Priory Buildings ... where they slept at night packed like sardines into one double bed."

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Bert Hardy

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Bert Hardy

Bert Hardy, 1913 - 1995, photographer, born and grew up in The Priory. "The ...

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Frederic George Stephens

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Norman MacColl

Norman MacColl

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Smith, Elder & Co.

Smith, Elder & Co.

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R. Taylor

R. Taylor

A printer who worked in Red Lion Court in 1816.

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Anne Sharpley

Anne Sharpley

Journalist. At art school in York in the 1940s she won a competition organised by Vogue which was the start of her career as a journalist. Investigative reporter on the Evening Standard in the 60s....

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