England in the 1960s
Old colour photos of England in the 1960s, capturing towns, cities, and everyday life during a decade of rapid social, cultural, and urban change. Taken on colour film, these images document English streetscapes, high streets, housing, industry, transport, and public spaces as the country moved through the mid-20th century.
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Petergate, York 1960s
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Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester 1960s
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Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester 1967
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Pier Approach Baths, Bournemouth 1966
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Pier Approach, Southend-on-Sea 1965
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PIlgrims Rest Tea Rooms, Wrotham 1966
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Port Isaac, Cornwall 1969
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Porthminster Beach, St Ives 1966
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Porthtowan, Cornwall 1960
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Princes Parade, Hythe, Kent 1967
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Princess Theatre, Torquay 1962
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Princetown Post Office, Devon 1967
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Priors Haven, Tynemouth 1961
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PS Ryde – Portsmouth to Ryde ferry 1967
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Pulteney Bridge, Bath 1963
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Queen Victoria Monument, Liverpool 1969
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Queen’s Street, Oxford 1965
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Queen’s Head Hotel, Hawkshead, Cumbria, 1964
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Queen’s Head, Burley, Ringwood, New Forest, 1960s
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Queensway Store in Queen’s Square, Crawley New Town, 1960s
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Radio Caroline Carnival Float, 1964
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Rainbow and Grazing Sheep, 1967
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Raindale Mill and York Castle Museum, York, 1968
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Raleigh Hotel, Dartmouth, Devon, 1964
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Rawmarsh Hill, Parkgate, Rotherham 1962
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Rear of the Queen Elizabeth II Stand, Ascot Racecourse, 1968
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Red Lion Hotel, Clovelly Harbour, Devon, 1960s
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Red Lion Hotel, Grasmere, 1965 (now The Inn at Grasmere)
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Red Lion Hotel, Milford Street, Salisbury, 1963
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Red Lion Pub, Lower Bridge Street, Chester, 1969
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RHO Hills Department Store fire, Blackpool 1967
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Riding on a Coach 1964
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Ringway Airport, Manchester 1969
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River Avon and Clopton Bridge, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1968
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River Eye, Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire, 1967
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RMS Andes at Southampton 1962
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RMS Andes at Southampton, 1962 (seen from SS France)
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RMS Caronia, Cunard Line, 1961
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Road Direction Sign near Parracombe, Devon, 1960s
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Royal Parade, Ramsgate, Kent 1963
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Rye Castle (Ypres Tower), Rye, East Sussex, 1967
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Saint Just-in-Roseland, Cornwall 1960
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Salcombe Harbour, Kingsbridge Estuary, Devon, 1963
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Salcombe Harbour, Kingsbridge Estuary, Devon, 1964
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Salcombe, Devon 1963
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Salisbury Cathedral and Messerschmitt KR200, Wiltshire, 1960
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Salter’s Steamers Yard, Folly Bridge, Oxford 1966
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Salvation Army buildings, Bath 1967
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Seaburn Beach, Sunderland 1964
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Seaburn Beach, Sunderland 1964
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Seagull at Combe Martin, Devon 1960s
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Severn Bridge, Aust Viewpoint, 1967
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Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford upon Avon 1960
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Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford upon Avon 1963
