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Victor Wedderburn’s images capture an era characterised by resilience, joy and cultural pride. They are a time capsule of everyday life, offering an insider’s view of Bradford’s Frontline as a vibrant African-Caribbean community, where friends and families lived, worked and socialised together.   During the early 80s, a period of soaring unemployment and financial hardship in the UK, Victor lost his job as a lorry driver. With his modest redundancy payout he bought a second-hand camera and colour film developing kit, and set about documenting where he lived - Lumb Lane, colloquially known as “the Frontline” because of the racial hostility faced by its Caribbean residents.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57613229719925,"sku":"9781907112775","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"margaret-m-de-lange-surrounded-by-no-one","title":"Margaret M. De Lange: Surrounded By No One","description":"The theme of Margaret M. 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