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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Northgate Street, Chester 1980
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Northumberland Place, Bath 1980
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Oatlands Park Hotel, Weybridge 1987
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Odeon Cinema, The Parade, Watford 1984
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Old Dee Bridge, Chester 1986
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Old Town, Hemel Hempstead, Herts 1980s
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P&O ferry ‘Pride of Cherbourg’ 1989
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Palace Pier, Brighton 1997
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Palace Pier and seafront, Brighton 1997
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Parade, Canterbury, Kent 1987
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Parish Church of St Mary, Luton 1980s
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Park Street, Bristol 1984
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Philips LDK5 camera at a BBC outside broadcast 1982
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Pier Head bus station, Liverpool 1980
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Post Office, Great Badminton 1984
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Princesshay, Exeter 1984
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Prospect Place, Harrogate 1981
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Punch & Judy show in 1980
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RAF Rescue Westland Wessex helicopter 1987
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Railair coach, Staines railway station 1982
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Rainbow in the Lake District 1986
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Ranelagh Street, Liverpool 1984
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York Minster Reconstruction, York 1986
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Regent Parade, Harrogate 1987
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Regent Street, Blackburn 1990
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RFA Bayleaf at HMNB Devonport, Plymouth 1984
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RFA Olmeda at HMNB Devonport, Plymouth 1984
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RHS Laboratory, RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey 1980s
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Richmond, North Yorkshire 1984
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River Thames, Windsor 1980s
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Roman Ampitheatre, Chester 1980
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Royal Station Hotel, York 1980s
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Royalty & Empire Exhibition, Windsor 1985
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Royalty & Empire Exhibition, Windsor 1987
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Royalty & Empire Exhibition, Windsor 1989
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Royalty & Empire Exhibition, Windsor 1989
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Seafront Paddling Pool, Brighton 1980s
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Sealink MV Cote d’Azur, Dover Harbour 1984
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Seals at Longleat House 1985
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Sennen Cove, Cornwall 1997
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Sennen Cove, Cornwall 1997
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Shire Hall, Chelmsford, Essex 1980s
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High Chelmer Shopping Centre, Chelmsford, Essex 1980s
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Shropshire Union Canal, Chester 1986
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Sidmouth Beach, Devon 1982
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Sidmouth Beach, Devon 1982
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Sidmouth Beach, Devon 1982
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Signpost, Chipping Campden 1982
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Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton 1987
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Sir John Barleycorn, Cadnam 1984
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South Bay, Scarborough 1986
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Spindles Restaurant, Bradford on Avon 1984
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St Christopher’s Church, Willingale 1980s
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St Ives Bridge, Cambridgeshire 1980
