Simpson’s Building, 1981 ‘As a local photographer I was approached by the Hackney Trades Council to put together an exhibition about the role of women in the workforce. The women on the Trades Council were not impressed that the theme was to be that of brotherhood. In the 1970s Hackney still had a manufacturing base. Most of the supervisors were men and women were still getting paid less than men for doing equal work. Remarkably, we had complete access to workplaces without any restrictions on what we could photograph’