These fascinating were taken by photographer David Ayres that documented everyday life of England from the 1960s.
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| Southsea Beach, 1964 |
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| Shop window at Plymouth shopping centre, 1965 |
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| The Cenotaph, December 1965 |
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| Torpoint Ferry, June 1965 |
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| Bond’s, Preston, 1966 |
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| Central Pier, Blackpool, 1966 |
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| Cheapside Stalls, 1966 |
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| Cheapside, Preston, 1966 |
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| Cudworth Street, Wigan, 1966 |
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| Friargate, Preston, 1966 |
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| Frozen park pond, probably Mesnes park in Wigan, 1966 |
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| Ice cream queue, Preston 1966 |
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| Ivy Bridge, Avenham Park, Preston, 1966 |
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| Lewis’s, Blackpool, spring 1966 |
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| Mesnes Park in Wigan, 1966 |
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| North Pier, Blackpool, 1966 |
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| Preston bus station, 1966 |
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| Preston Harris Museum, 1966 |
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| Preston market place, 1966 |
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| Preston Market, 1966 |
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| Preston Market, 1966 |
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| River Ribble, Preston, 1966 |
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| Sessions House and Cenotaph, 1966 |
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| South Pier, Blackpool, 1966 |
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| St George’s Shopping Centre, Preston, 1966 |
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| St George’s Shopping Centre, Preston, 1966 |
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| Street scene of Preston, 1966 |
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| The market stalls against the Sessions House in Preston, 1966 |
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| Winter landscape with houses, Wigan, 1966 |
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| Crowds Christmas shopping under the decorations in Haymarket, Sheffield, December 1967 |
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| Football in Graves Park, Sheffield, December 1967 |
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| Paradise Square, Sheffield, December 1967 |
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| The junction of Meadowhead and Abbey Lane in Sheffield at night, December 1967 |
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| Albert Road from Aggie Weston’s, Plymouth, 1968 |
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| Birds on a bike, Sheffield, 1968 |
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| Dingles in Plymouth, 1968 |
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| Exeter Street, Plymouth, 1968 |
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| Hoe Road, Plymouth, 1968 |
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| Looe beach in the fog, 1968 |
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| Looe River, 1968 |
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| Lostwithiel Silver Band playing in Looe, 1968 |
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| Mayflower Steps, Plymouth, 1968 |
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| Notte Street, Plymouth, 1968 |
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| On the way trip to Looe, 1968 |
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| People clamouring to buy daffodils on a rainy day, Sheffield, 1968 |
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| Playing on Looe beach, 1968 |
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| Playing on Looe beach, 1968 |
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| Playing on Looe beach, 1968 |
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| Rainy day in Sheffield, 1968 |
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| Scrapyard, Plymouth, 1968 |
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| Sheffield in the sun, 1968 |
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| Sheffield market, 1968 |
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| Somewhere down the Barbican in Plymouth, 1968 |
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| The Hispaniola from the top of the Mayflower steps, Plymouth, 1968 |
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| The miners’ row of terraced houses in Unstone, North Derbyshire, 1968 |
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| The Navy, down the Barbican in Plymouth, 1968 |
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| The Salvation Army band march down Albert Road, Devonport, 1968 |
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| Victor Value, Portsmouth, 1968 |
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| Weymouth, circa summer 1968 |
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| The Beauty Pageant at the Barlow Well dressing ceremony, South Dronfield, August 1969 |
































































