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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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
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The Barbican, Sandwich, Kent 1956
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The Bear & Billet, Lower Bridge Street, Chester 1950s
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The Bull Hotel, Burford, Oxfordshire 1950s
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The Cat & Fiddle Inn Sign, Hinton Admiral, Hampshire 1950s
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The Cat and Fiddle Inn, Hinton Admiral, Hampshire 1950s
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The Chudbus (AEC Regal), England 1958
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The Close, Lichfield 1950s
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The Endcliffe and Grosvenor Court Hotels, Cliftonville, Kent, 1956
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The Esplanade, Seaton, Devon 1959
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The Flying Horse Inn, Boughton Aluph, Kent, 1956
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The Fosse Way, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, 1950s
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The Golden Ball, Burford, Oxfordshire, 1950s.
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The King’s Head, Holmbury St Mary, Surrey, 1950s
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The Major Oak, Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, 1959
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The Mill Public House, Mill Lane, Cambridge, 1958
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The Old Market House, Steyning 1958
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The Old Mint House and Mint Cottage, Pevensey, East Sussex 1959
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The Old Mint House, Pevensey 1950s
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The Old Ship, Tatsfield, Surrey 1959
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The Pilgrims Rest, Battle, East Sussex, 1959
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The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, 1956
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The Square, Bournemouth 1956
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The Stow shopping centre, Harlow c1953
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The Stow Shopping Centre, Harlow, Essex c.1953
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The Strait, Lincoln 1956
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The Valley Hotel, Edde Cross Street, Ross-on-Wye 1959
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The Wheatsheaf Inn, Cliftonville 1956
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The White Knight, Crawley 1959
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Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich 1958
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Three Tuns Hotel, New Elvet, Durham, 1958
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TJ Hughes, London Road, Liverpool 1950s
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Tower Street, Ipswich 1956
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Tower Street, York 1956
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Town Bridge, Boston, Lincolnshire 1956
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Trinity Street, Cambridge 1950s
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Trumpington Street, Cambridge 1956
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Tudor Cafe, Eastgate Street, Chester 1953
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Tyne Commission Quay, North Shields 1956
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University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, 1950s
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Vickers Armstrong Shipyard, Buccleuch Dock, Barrow-in-Furness, 1958
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View from Clifford’s Tower, York 1956
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View from Clifford’s Tower, York 1956
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View from Clifford’s Tower, York 1956