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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Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa 1959
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Jury Street, Warwick, Warwickshire 1950s
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Lawn Bowls, Bude, Cornwall 1959
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Lincoln Cathedral 1956
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Lincoln Cathedral 1956
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Liverpool Overhead Railway and Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool 1956
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Lord of the Manor pub, Ramsgate 1956
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Lower Broad Street, Ludlow, Shropshire 1950
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Lyme Regis, Dorset 1959
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Lynmouth Harbour and Riverside Road, Lynmouth, Devon 1959
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Lynmouth, Devon 1950s
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Mansion House, St Helen’s Square, York 1956
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Margate Beach and Seafront Steps, Margate, Kent 1956
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Margate Beach, Kent, 1956
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Margate Clock Tower, Kent 1956
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Margate Jetty, Margate, Kent 1956
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Marine Parade and Seafront Hotels, Worthing, West Sussex 1959
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Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 1959
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Market Hill and St Peter’s Church, Sudbury, Suffolk 1950s
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Market Hill Flower Stalls and Victoria Cinema, Cambridge 1956
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Market House, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, 1959
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Market Place and Market Hall, Doncaster, South Yorkshire 1958
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Market Place, King’s Lynn, Norfolk 1958
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Market Square and Flashman’s Furniture, Dover, Kent 1956
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Market Square, Dover, Kent 1956
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Martyrs’ Memorial, Magdalen Street East, Oxford 1959
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Merton Street, Oxford 1957
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Mill Road, Winchelsea, East Sussex 1958
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Mill Stream Restaurant (Bury Mill), Amersham 1950s
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Mill Street, St Osyth, Essex 1950s
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Minster Place and St Mary’s Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire 1956
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Mitre Hotel, High Street, Oxford 1950s
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Mitre Hotel, High Street, Oxford 1950s
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Model Village and White Rock Gardens, Hastings, East Sussex 1959
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Modern Building with St John the Baptist’s Church, Crawley, 1959
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Nelson Street, King’s Lynn, Norfolk 1958
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Nelson Street, Kings Lynn, Norfolk 1958
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North Brink and River Nene, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 1958
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North Street, Taunton, Somerset 1959
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North Street, Taunton, Somerset 1959
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Northdown Road, Cliftonville, Kent 1956
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Northdown Road, Cliftonville, Kent 1956
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Odeon Cinema, South Square, Boston, Lincolnshire 1956
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Old Barn Hotel and Beach, East Wittering, West Sussex 1959
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Old Three Pigeons Inn, Nesscliffe, Shropshire 1950s
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Oulton Park Circuit and Spectators, Cheshire 1959
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Oulton Park Motor Racing Circuit, Cheshire 1959
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Parliament Street, York 1956
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Passenger Cruise Boats, Lake Windermere, Cumbria 1950s
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Pavilion Theatre, Worthing, West Sussex 1959
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Pembroke Square and Tom Tower, Oxford 1950s
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Pencester Court, Stembrook, Dover 1956
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Pencester Road, Dover, Kent 1956
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Penzance Bandstand, Cornwall, 1958
