A UNIVERSITY of Bolton lecturer who captured “Madchester” on film during the music revolution has had her work displayed at a UK Factory Records Exhibition.

Factory Records was the legendary independent record label, started in Manchester in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus.

The exhibition, in aid of The Christie Hospital, saw the first display of the label’s full discography.

Curator Colin Gibbins has spent the past 30 years collecting the discography of bands such as Joy Division, New Order, Durrutti Column and Happy Mondays.

The exhibition has been such a success that there are now plans for it to tour at a later date.

Among those who saw their work exhibited was Jo Hilditch, the Music and Creative Industries Business course lead at the university.

She got involved in music journalism and photography as a student when studying Visual and Cultural Arts at the University of Salford.

Jo was also working as a songwriter and in studios, so gained access to the artists.

She said: “I had a lot of time on my hands hanging round in studios waiting to record. I borrowed a camera and before I knew it I was Northern correspondent for the NME.

“I photographed anyone who played the Academy, Roadhouse or Night and Day, including Super Furry Animals, Fun Loving Criminals and The Verve.”

Jo’s break came when she shared a studio with The Space Monkeys, a band signed to Factory at the time.

She added: “We shared a studio, so they gave me my first commission. Once my photographs were out there I had commissions rolling in, including The Dust Junkies who were signed to Polydor at the time.

“I earned good money as a photographer as well as a voiceover artist of Galaxy and Key 103 radio stations while I was a student.

“I was just very good at networking and meeting people and this is what I teach my students.”