Conversation on a tram By Humphrey Spender - September 1937

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  • Copyright Bolton Council
  • Image ref. 1993.83.11.37
  • Print ref. 1993.2.90
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Two men talk on the top deck of a tram. This photograph shows how the observers worked in Bolton. They were asked by Tom Harrisson to listen to and watch other people’s behaviour. The Daily Mail accused Mass Observation of being “snoopers”.

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