Amazing Then and Now Pictures of Women From London’s ’80s Subcultures _ UK
In 1980, photographer Anita Corbin started taking pictures of young women in London’s pubs and clubs, documenting the unseen lives of various subcultures. Over the course of nine months her project turned into a series, Visible Girls, that offered a glimpse…
32 Vintage Photographs of Women at Work in the United Kingdom in World War II _ UK
With thousands of men away serving in the armed forces, British women took on a variety of jobs during the Second World War. They also played a vital role on the home front, running households and fighting a daily battle…
Dancing on the Beach _ UK
Vintage photos of people dancing on the beach. Berliners at the Wansee resort during a heatwave enjoying a dance on the beach, 1925. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images) Margaret Morris dancers exercising on the sands at Saint-Idesbald, August 1929….
Britain in an Innocent Age: 46 Extraordinary Snapshots Document Everyday Life of Post-WWII England _ UK
The memories may have faded, but these extraordinary found photos from Martin Snelling of bygone Britain are so clear, they look as though they could have been taken yesterday. Old-fashioned shops line streets dotted with classic 1950s and 1960s cars, couples wear…
Vintage Brochures of Pontins Holiday Camps in the ‘80s _ UK
“All the best people come to Pontins” was the caption printed on a publicity brochure of Pontins, a British company operating holiday parks in the UK, founded in 1946 by Fred Pontin. It specializes in offering half-board and self-catering holidays…
No to the Cane: Pictures of British School Children Went on Strike in London, May 1972 _ UK
On May 4, 1972 about 200 boys aged between 11 and 16, put down their pencils and rulers at Quinton Kynaston School on the Finchley Road near St John’s Wood in north London. It was the start of a protest…
40 Vintage Pictures From Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp in 1981 and 1982 _ UK
On the 5th September 1981, the Welsh group “Women for Life on Earth” arrived on Greenham Common, Berkshire, England. They marched from Cardiff with the intention of challenging, by debate, the decision to site 96 Cruise nuclear missiles there. On…
Amazing Vintage Photographs of River Thames Floods From Between the 1910s and 1950s _ UK
The River Thames bursting its banks, rail lines being washed away, villages being turned into islands and soldiers out on the frontline filling sandbags – the Thames Valley has been deluged by the river many times over the past 100…
35 Found Photos of Peak District National Park, Buxton Around 1950 _ UK
Peak District National Park is in central England. Steep limestone valleys like Dovedale, with its famed stepping stones, and Lathkill Dale characterise the park’s southern area, which is known as White Peak. Peak District National Park, Buxton around 1950 North,…
Vintage Photographs of Trafalgar Square From Between 1900s and 1940s _ UK
The bus stops on the south side of Trafalgar Square were removed when the gyratory system was introduced in 1926. On the night of the 12th October 1941 several bombs hit in the area of Trafalgar Square, the National Gallery…