London in the 1970s
Old colour photos of London in the 1970s, documenting the capital during a decade of economic pressure, urban change, and shifting everyday life. Taken on colour film, these images capture London’s streets, buildings, and neighbourhoods as the city adjusted to new social realities and evolving patterns of work, transport, and housing.
All images are available as high-resolution, royalty-free digital downloads suitable for editorial, commercial, or personal use.
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Piccadilly Circus, London 1976
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Piccadilly Circus, London 1976
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Piccadilly Circus at Night, London 1977
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Piccadilly Circus, London 1977
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Piccadilly Circus, London 1977
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Piccadilly Circus, London 1977
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Piccadilly Circus at Night, London 1977
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Piccadilly Circus, London 1977
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Routemaster Bus, Piccadilly Circus, London 1979
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Piccadilly Circus at Night, London 1979
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Piccadilly Circus, London 1979
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Piccadilly Circus, London 1979
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Piccadilly Theatre sign, Glasshouse Street 1977
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Piccadilly Theatre, Denman Street, London 1976
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Piccadilly, London 1970
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Piccadilly, London 1972
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Piccadilly, St James’s Street Junction, London 1979
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Piccadilly, London 1979
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Pickfords Wharf, River Thames, London 1973
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Pimlico underground station, London 1979
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Police at Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park, London 1979
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Police at Stable Yard, St James’s, London 1979
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Police in Parliament Square, London 1977
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Police in Piccadilly Circus, London 1970s
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Police in Queensway, Bayswater, London 1976
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Police in Whitehall, London 1972
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Police outside the Old Bailey, London 1977
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Portobello Market, Portobello Road, London 1973
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Portobello Market, Portobello Road, London 1979
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Portobello Market, Portobello Road, London 1979
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Portrait artists in London 1979
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Twin-Aperture Pillar Box, London 1979
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Post Office Tower, Clipstone Street, London 1976
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PS Princess Elizabeth, River Thames, London 1970
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PS Princess Elizabeth, River Thames, London 1977
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Queen Street, City of London 1977
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Queensway, Bayswater, London 1976
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Queensway, Bayswater, London 1976
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Queensway, Bayswater, London 1976
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Raymond Revuebar, Soho, London 1977
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Red Lion Wharf and Ceylon Wharf, River Thames 1971
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Regent Palace Hotel, Glasshouse Street, London 1976
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Regent Street Saint James’s, London 1977
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Regent Street, London 1973
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Regent Street, London 1973
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Regent Street, London 1978
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Regent’s Canal, Camden, London 1976
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Remnant Street, Holborn, London 1972
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Restaurant at Kew Gardens, London 1972
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Riding on the Central Line, London in 1973
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River Thames, London 1977
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River Thames, London 1977
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Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, Basil Street, London 1972
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Ronald Phillips, Bruton Street, London 1976
