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But really there is no ideal man then?

By Sarah Hardacre 2020

aper collage: digital print of an archive photograph, magazine cutting, G.F. Smith Colorplan Mandarin 180gsm paper.
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Blackburn Shopping Centre and Town Hall Tower (now demolished/redeveloped) 1966-1972. Architects: Building Design Partnership.
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Image from the Cotton Town digital archive: ‘A view of the shopping centre from King William Street before it was pedestrianised. Town Hall Tower Block and Clock Tower are both shown. Date of the photograph is 1970s.’
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Penthouse, Vol. 8 No. 2, 1973
Model: Linda Diane

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