The pictures that captured everyday life in the eighties - and broke new ground

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When Malcolm Glover first set foot in Rochdale in 1983 it's fair to say he wasn't particularly enamoured with the place. "I thought it was really quite depressed if I'm honest," says the renowned documentary photographer.

Malcolm, then aged 28, had moved to Rochdale for six months to become the town's photographer in residence. It was his first big commission but, initially at least, he was struggling for inspiration. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community "There were quite a few cotton mills still running and some that just lay dormant," he said. "There was all this architecture that gave a glimpse of what the town had once been about, but at first I found it quite grey." But eventually he discovered what he looking for in the densely-packed terraced streets on the outskirts of the town centre, in areas such as Milkstone, Deeplish and Wardleworth, where the Pakistani and Kashmiri immigrants who had arrived in Rochdale in the 1950s and 60s to work in the cotton industry had made their homes. "It was a community that back then I knew very little about," said Malcolm. "I was amazed that certain areas of the town were quite ghettoised, but there was a beautiful community there with amazing shops and an incredible culture. "I just thought 'Wow, wouldn't it be amazing to document these people, their lives and their community'." Malcolm set about getting to know the people and earning their trust.

A support worker from the Commission for Racial Equality introduced him to the area's imams, teachers, shopkeepers, social workers and other prominent figures.

And crucially he started putting up his photographs in local cafes. Soon that led to people seeking him out and asking him to take