Tiah: 1970s articles
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Photographs of British Steel Sheffield 1970s
My name is Richard Handley and I worked as a photographer at British Steel Special Steels Division from 1972-1979. As a submission to gain my Associateship with the British Institute of Professional Photography I hand printed to exhibition standards 20 images of my work. These probably have some archival/folklore value now and so I decided to offer them or publication. I have around a dozen of the original 20"x16" prints.
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"I lived at Sheffield's famous Park Hill flats during the 1970s and it was brilliant"
Sheffield’s Park Hill flats were famously branded the ‘streets in the sky’ when the futuristic development was completed in 1961. The high-rise blocks were initially hugely popular before undergoing a dramatic decline, growing dilapidated and becoming plagued by crime and anti-social behaviour. Today, following a dramatic turnaround, Park Hill is one of the city’s most desirable places in which to live. Sign up for newsletters from The Star Heather Harrison, a retired post office counter...
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Revealed: UK government was warned of infected blood risks in 1970s
Documents show officials were told blood plasma harvested from US convicts was contaminated with viruses• : the true story of the UK infected blood scandal; plus: ‘My mum gave the injections that killed my brothers’A commercial blood product at the centre of the biggest treatment scandal in the history of the NHS was approved for use after government officials were told convicts were among the paid donors and virus contamination “should be assumed”, corporate filings reveal.The product, given to...