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Don McPhee

Don McPhee: photographer

August Bank Holiday in Blackpool, 1971. Two elderly men in flat caps and coats asleep on the beach
August Bank Holiday in Blackpool, 1971. Two elderly men in flat caps and coats asleep on the beach Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
Girl ballet dancers from the Suffield-Tweedy school in Manchester during the London Festival Ballet's The Nutcracker rehearsal, 1971
Girl ballet dancers from the Suffield-Tweedy school in Manchester during the London Festival Ballet's The Nutcracker rehearsal, 1971 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
The last pit ponies, Wheldale colliery, 1972.
The last pit ponies, Wheldale colliery, 1972 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
Catholic children being evacuated from Belfast to Dublin, 1972
Catholic children being evacuated from Belfast to Dublin, 1972 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) confront the army in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1972
The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) confront the army in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1972 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
Harold Wilson lighting his pipe at the Huyton Labour Club in 1974
Harold Wilson lighting his pipe at the Huyton Labour Club in 1974 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
Refugees from the partition of Cyprus following the Turkish invasion of that year in a refugee camp, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1974
Refugees from the partition of Cyprus following the Turkish invasion of that year in a refugee camp, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1974 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
Jeremy Thorpe, sometime leader of the Liberal Party, who lost his seat in Parliament after he was accused of conspiring to murder a man who was claimed to be his lover, a charge of which he was acquitted
Jeremy Thorpe, sometime leader of the Liberal Party, who lost his seat in parliament after he was accused of conspiring to murder a man who was believed to be his lover, a charge of which he was acquitted. Coventry, 1976 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
A man collects firewood from derelict buildings in Liverpool, 1978
A man collects firewood from derelict buildings in Liverpool, 1978 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
Boys playing football in Oldham, 1982
Boys playing football in Oldham, 1982 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
Anglican Whitsuntide walk, Manchester, 1980, a church man puls a chiorboy's hair
Anglican Whitsuntide walk, Manchester, a church man pulls a choirboy's hair, 1980 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
A horse 'kisses' a woman at the last Belle Vue Christmas Circus, 1981
A horse 'kisses' a woman at the last Belle Vue Christmas Circus, 1981 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
A Teddy boy shows off his tattoo art a gathering of Teddy boys, Manchester, c.1983
A Teddy boy shows off his tattoo at a gathering of Teddy boys, Manchester, c1983 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
Face off between an NUM picket and lines of police, who have removed their numbers from their coat shoulders, in what became known as the Battle of Orgreave
Face off between an NUM picket and lines of police, who have removed their numbers from their coat shoulders, in what became known as the Battle of Orgreave. During late May and early June 1984, the Yorkshire coking plant, which was supplying fuel to Scunthorpe steel works, saw one of the bloodiest confrontations in the Miners' Strike, when 5,000 pickets were confronted by a similar number of police with riot shields, horses and dogs Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
Mounted police charge through picket lines, in what became known as the Battle of Orgreave
Mounted police charge through picket lines, in what became known as the Battle of Orgreave - one of the bloodiest confrontations in the industrial dispute Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
An abandoned mini car with sheep in heavy snow in the Peak District, near Buxton, Derbyshire, c.1984
An abandoned mini car with sheep in heavy snow in the Peak District, near Buxton, Derbyshire, c1984 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
Police digging up parts of Saddleworth moor, searching for the child victims of the Moors Murders, 1986
Police digging up parts of Saddleworth moor, searching for the child victims of the Moors Murders, 1986 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
Farmers at Shire Horse Sale in Denby Dale, 1989
Farmers at Shire Horse Sale in Denby Dale, 1989 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
Women workers wearing rain capes returning to their camp in Botshabelo, South Africa, 1990
Women workers wearing rain capes returning to their camp in Botshabelo, South Africa, 1990 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
The landscape of Coverdale, Yorkshire
The landscape of Coverdale, Yorkshire Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
Alistair Campbell and Tony Blair during the Dudley West by-election, 1994
Alistair Campbell and Tony Blair during the Dudley West by-election, 1994 Photograph: Don McPhee/Guardian
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