England in the 1950s
Old colour photos of England in the 1950s, capturing towns, cities, and everyday life during a decade of post-war recovery and social change. Taken on colour film, these images document English streetscapes, high streets, housing, industry, transport, and public spaces as the country rebuilt and adapted in the years following the Second World War.
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Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shottery 1954
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Bailgate, Lincoln 1956
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Boston Guildhall, South Square, Lincolnshire 1956
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Bournemouth Clifftop Promenade 1956
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Brighton Beach and Seafront, 1950s
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Cornhill, Ipswich 1956
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Dover Beach and White Cliffs, Kent 1950
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Dover Castle from Castle Hill Road, Kent 1950
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Hastings Miniature Railway 1959
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High Street, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire 1950s
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Ipswich Railway Station 1956
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Lancaster Castle, Lancashire 1958
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Lights of Leamington Display, Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa 1959
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Lord Leycester Hospital, High Street, Warwick 1950
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Old Redheugh Bridge, River Tyne, Newcastle 1956
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Pavement and All Saints Church, York 1956
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Penguins at Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire 1959
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Prince Edward on the Ruislip Lido Miniature Railway 1950s
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Princes Street and Friars Street, Ipswich 1956
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RMS Queen Elizabeth at Southampton 1956
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RMS Queen Elizabeth, Southampton 1953
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RNLB Charles Dibdin Lifeboat, Deal, Kent 1956
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St Margaret’s Street, Ipswich 1956
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St Mary’s Parade, Lancaster 1958
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Stonegate, York 1956
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Stonegate, York 1956
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Tattershall Castle from the Railway, Lincolnshire 1956
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The Gallery, Ely, Cambridgeshire 1956
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Upper Brook Street, Ipswich 1956
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Victorian Bandstand, Parade Gardens, Bath 1958
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W. F. Greenwood & Sons, Stonegate, York 1956
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Walton-on-the-Naze Pier Railway, Essex 1957
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Ye Olde Novelty Shoppe, Lendal Bridge, York 1956
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1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sedanca, Cambridge 1956
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A livestock market in the 1950s
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Abinger Hammer Post Office, Surrey, 1950s
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Abinger Hammer Village Clock, Surrey, 1950s
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Abinger Hammer, Surrey, 1950s
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Abinger Hatch Hotel, Abinger Common, Surrey 1950s
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Anderton’s Coaches, Britain, 1950s
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Anderton’s Coaches, Britain, 1950s
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Approaching Heathrow Airport from the south west, 1958
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Banbury Cross, Banbury, Oxfordshire 1950s
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Banbury Cross, Oxfordshire, 1954
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Banbury Market Cross, Oxfordshire 1950s
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Barnstaple Town Centre, Devon, 1959
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Bath Abbey, Bath, Somerset, 1950s
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Beachy Head, East Sussex, 1950s
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Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, 1956
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Beer Cart Lane, Canterbury, Kent, 1958
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Bench Street, Dover, Kent, 1956
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Bergen Line ferry terminal, Newcastle 1956
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Bergen Line ferry terminal, Newcastle 1956
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Bergen Line Ferry Terminal, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1956
