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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Queen Street, Arundel, West Sussex 1957
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Queens Square and Bandstand, Crawley, West Sussex 1959
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Queensway Store and Queen’s Square, Crawley, 1959
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Quonians Lane, Lichfield, Staffordshire 1958
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RAF South Ruislip, Middlesex 1950s
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The Red Lion, Walmgate, York 1956
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Richmond Parade and Richmond Street, Brighton, East Sussex 1950s
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River Ouse from Lendal Bridge, York 1956
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River Street and Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire 1950s
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RMS Queen Mary off the South Coast of England 1950
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Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire 1950s
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Royal Parade at The Derby, Epsom Downs, Surrey 1950s
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Royal Polo Match, Windsor Great Park, Berkshire 1956
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Rye, East Sussex 1950s
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San Remo Hotel (now Riviera Hotel), Belgrave Road, Torquay 1959
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Seafront and Marine Parade, Lyme Regis, Dorset 1959
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Seafront paddling pool, Brighton 1950s
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Senate House, King’s Parade, Cambridge 1956
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Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 1959
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Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon 1954
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Sheep Street, Burford, Oxfordshire, 1959
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Shepherd & Dog Inn, Fulking, West Sussex 1959
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Shore Road, East Wittering, Chichester 1959
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Spectators and Parked Cars, Oulton Park Circuit, Cheshire 1959
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St Aldgate’s Post Office, Oxford 1950s
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St Benedicts Square, Lincoln 1956
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St George’s Hotel, Cliftonville, Kent 1956
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St Giles’ Church, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire 1954
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St Ives Harbour and Townscape, Cornwall 1950s
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St James’ Church Ruins and Public Pissoir, Dover, Kent 1956
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St Margaret’s Place, Kings Lynn 1958
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St Margaret’s Place, Kings Lynn, Norfolk 1958
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St Mark’s Church, Biggin Hill, Kent 1959
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St Mary’s Southgate Church (Interior), Crawley, West Sussex 1959
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St Mary’s Southgate Church, Crawley, West Sussex 1959
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St Mary’s Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire, 1956
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St Peter’s Street, Canterbury, Kent 1950s
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Stanley Palace, Watergate Street, Chester 1958
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Steam freight train near Church Stretton, 1950s
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Steam tug boats Paladin and Romsey, Southampton, 1950s
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Stearn’s Shoe Service, Crawley, West Sussex 1959
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Steep Hill, Lincoln 1956
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Steep Hill, Lincoln 1956
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Stonegate and Bootham Bar, York 1956
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Stonegate, York 1958
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Swears and Wells, Buttermarket, Ipswich 1956
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Talbot Hotel, New Street, Ledbury 1958
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Tamar Bridge Under Construction, Devon–Cornwall c.1959
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Tamar Bridge Under Construction, Devon–Cornwall c1959
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Tavern Street and Upper Brook Street, Ipswich 1956
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Terraced Housing, Crawley New Town, 1959
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The Admiral Owen and The Crispin Inn, Sandwich, Kent 1956


