England in the 1980s
Old colour photos of England in the 1980s and 1990s, capturing towns, cities, and everyday life during the final decades of the 20th century. Taken on colour film, these images document English streetscapes, high streets, housing, industry, transport, and public spaces as the country experienced economic change, regeneration, and social transition.
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High Street, Oxford 1982
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Cornmarket Street and High Street, Oxford 1987
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High Street, Windsor 1990
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High Wycombe Hospital c1998
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Hill Avenue, Amersham 1980s
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Horseshoe Cloister, Windsor Castle 1980
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House on the Bridge, Eton 1980s
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Hoverspeed Hovercraft SRN4 interior 1990
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Hoverspeed SRN4 Hovercraft ‘Swift’ 1990
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Hoverspeed SRN4 Hovercraft The Princess Margaret 1990
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Hoverspeed SRN4 Hovercraft seen in 1990
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Ilfracombe Harbour, Devon 1980s
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Jury Street, Warwick 1980s
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Killacourt, Newquay, Cornwall 1981
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Old Vic Centre, King Street, Bristol 1984
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Kingsway Hotel, Worthing 1980s
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Langdale Road, Scarborough 1989
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Leyland Leopard Frames coach 1981
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Little Badminton, Gloucestershire 1984
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RNLI Lifeboat Display, Liverpool Garden Festival 1984
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Liverpool Garden Festival 1984
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Barras Street, Liskeard, Cornwall 1997
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Looe Harbour, Cornwall 1997
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Lookers (J&S Leaver) Ltd, Quarry Street, Blackburn, 1990
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Lord Street, Southport 1984
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Lyme Regis Harbour, Dorset 1984
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Marine Parade, Lyme Regis, Dorset 1984
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Building the M25 Gade Valley Viaduct, Kings Langley c1984
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Building the M25 Gade Valley Viaduct, Kings Langley c1984
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Building the M25 Gade Valley Viaduct, Kings Langley c1984
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Building the M25 Gade Valley Viaduct, Kings Langley c1984
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Mansion Hotel, Eastbourne 1991
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Mariners Church, St Ives, Cornwall 1997
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Market Hall, Amersham 1980s
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Market Place, Cirencester 1982
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Market Place, Cirencester 1982
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Market Place, Ripon, North Yorkshire 1987
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Market Square, Amersham 1980s
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Green Line Leyland National Bus, Hemel Hempstead 1986
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Royal Wedding Street Party, Marlin Square, Abbots Langley 1981
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Maypole in Horsham, West Sussex 1981
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Falmouth Central Methodist Church, Falmouth, 1997
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Micklegate Bar, York,1981
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Milk float in Lyme Regis, Dorset 1984
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Milton Abbas, Dorset 1983
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Mineral Water Fountain, Terrace Walk, Bath 1981
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Moor End Road Car Park, Hemel Hempstead 1980s
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Demolition on Moor Street, Birmingham 1985
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Munro Kitchens, 58 Regent Road, Bootle 1984
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Narrowboat Arcturus, Grand Union Canal, Watford 1984
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Nelson House, Walton on Thames 1981
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Newgate, Pepper Street, Chester 1980
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Newquay Theatre, St Michael’s Road, Newquay 1981
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Norfolk Hotel, Kings Road, Brighton 1981
