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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Clock House, Thorpe Bay, Essex, 1950s
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Commercial Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, 1956
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Cornhill, Ipswich 1956
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Cosy Cafe, Castle Green, Kenilworth 1950s
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Coventry Cathedral under construction 1957
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Coventry Cathedral Under Construction, 1959
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Crawley New Town Housing Estate, 1959
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Crawley New Town Housing, 1959
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Crown Hotel, Shrewsbury 1954
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Crown Hotel, Wells 1959
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De Montfort Hall, Victoria Park, Leicester – Coronation Decorations, 1953
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Dene Hotel, Rottingdean 1957
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Dockside Cranes, Southampton Docks 1950s
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Dover Harbour, Kent 1956
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Dover Library, Dover 1956
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Dover Road, Folkestone 1950s
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Dover Seafront, Kent, 1956
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Downing Street, Cambridge 1956
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Dr Samuel Johnson statue, Lichfield 1958
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Dr Samuel Johnson statue, Lichfield 1958
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Durham Viaduct, County Durham 1958
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Eastern Esplanade, Cliftonville 1956
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Eastgate, Chester 1950s
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Entrance to Weston’s Yard, Eton School 1957
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Eton High Street 1957
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Evelyn Hall, Abinger Common 1950s
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Falstaff Hotel, Canterbury 1958
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Feathers Hotel, Ludlow 1950
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Fleetwood to Knott End Ferry, Lancashire 1956
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Folkestone from the Leas Lift, Kent, 1959
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Folkestone Leas Lift and lido, Kent 1959
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George Street, Luton 1956
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George Street, Luton 1956
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Golden Hind replica, Southend-on-Sea 1950s
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Gough’s Cave, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset 1950s
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Great St Mary’s Church and Senate House Hill, Cambridge 1958
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Grenville Hotel, Bude, Cornwall 1959
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Guildford High Street 1950s
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Guildford High Street 1950s
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Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent 1956
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Hall’s Croft, Stratford upon Avon 1959
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Ham Sandwich road sign in Kent 1956
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Harbour Boat Trip, Falmouth, Cornwall, 1950s
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Harlow Town Square, Essex 1950s
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Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon 1957
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High Street, Burford, Oxfordshire, 1959
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High Street, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, 1950s
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High Street, Ledbury 1958
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High Street, Salisbury with medieval gateway, 1950s
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High Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire 1950s
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High Street, Steyning, West Sussex 1958
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Hopcroft’s Holt Hotel, Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire 1957
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House of Agnes Hotel, Canterbury 1958

