Old UK

49 Amazing Aerial Pictures Show the Face of Boston, Massachusetts in the 1920s

These amazing aerial photographs from the Boston Pictorial Archive documenting Boston’s landscape and city sections in the 1920s. Allston and Brighton, Boston Back Bay and West End, Boston Back Bay, looking west from Public Garden, Boston Beacon Hill and North End, Boston…

40 Vintage Photographs of Lancaster From the Late 1960s and Early ’70s

Lancaster is a city and the county town of Lancashire, England, standing on the River Lune. Its population of 52,234 compares with one of 138,375 in the wider City of Lancaster local government district. The House of Lancaster was a…

36 Amazing Vintage Pictures of Street Scenes in Liverpool in the late 19th to early 20th Centuries

Here is Liverpool’s street scenes in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. A busy day at the Pier Head, Liverpool, ca. 1900s Aintree Railway Station,  April 1913 Allerton, Liverpool, September 1927 Back Chester Street, 1911 Behind the Town hall, ca….

Fascinating Vintage Snapshots of Greater Manchester in the 1970s

Manchester went through enormous changes in the seventies—a decade of confusion, of a loss of direction, of new music, and the arrival of a vast city center monster. During the 1970s, the City Council lost most of its remaining vital…

Rare Photos of England From the 1860s and 1870s

The 19th century was one of rapid development and change, far swifter than in previous centuries. During this period England changed from a rural, agricultural country to an urban, industrialized one. This involved massive dislocation and radically altered the nature…

Newcastle in the Early 1970s Through Robert Hope’s Lens

Robert Hope was a resident of Newcastle upon Tyne. In the early 1970s, he took out a bank loan to buy a Rolleiflex camera. Over the next few years, Hope photographed various Newcastle scenes, including the Grainger Market and the…

44 Breathtaking Color Photos of Scotland in the Victorian Age

The following images show Scottish cities, towns and attractions during the 1890s – and in color. They were created using the Photochrom technique pioneered by Photoglob Zürich AG, which sees color manually added to black and white negatives. The process…

Black and White Photographs of Transport in the 1930s

A row of LNER streamlined locomotives belch out smoke at a London railway station, where they are to be tested out. From the left, they are Dominion of New Zealand, Golden Shuttle, Empire of India, Golden Eagle and Number 10,000…

30 Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Matlock (Derbyshire) in the 1970s

Matlock is the county town of Derbyshire, England. It is situated at the south eastern edge of the Peak District. The town is twinned with the French town Eaubonne. The former spa resort Matlock Bath lies immediately south of the…

No Jobs and No Hope: Extraordinary Photographs of the Forgotten Teenagers of Thatcher’s Britain

During the early 1980s, when Britain experienced the rulings of then Prime Minister Margaret Hilda Thatcher, much of the island country experienced a swell of economical depression. As a result, and much like what happens elsewhere in the world, some…