Streets and life 1980s161

10-08-1980 - Children playing football, Sighthill Cemetery, Glasgow. Playing amoung the gravestones with high rise tower blocks behind © John Sturrock

10-07-1980 - Children playing on the riverside, shipyard, Sunderland. Throwing stones into the River Wear. © John Sturrock

04-04-1980 - A young boy with his sister sitting on a fallen tree, The New Forest. © Paul Carter

04-04-1980 - Grandaughter and grandmother walking along a forest path holding hands, The New Forest. © Paul Carter

01-08-1980 - Young boy climbing a tree. © Paul Carter

04-02-1981 - Couple drinking, Gosford Park Hotel pub Coventry 1981 © John Harris

07-04-1981 - Queues line up outside the food shops, Krakow, Poland, spring 1981 © 2May Arkiv

07-04-1981 - Queues in the street outside a food shop, Krakow, Poland, spring 1981 © 2May Arkiv

08-05-1982 - Child playing in the street, London docklands 1982 © John Harris

01-01-1983 - Two girls sitting on the floor watching a cartoon on television. © Paul Carter

12-03-1983 - 1983: after the market: a man collects cast-offs outside the closed Little Sisters of the Poor Catholic convent and home for the elderly on Portobello Road, Notting Hill, London. © Philip Wolmuth

01-04-1983 - Youth firing catapult Birmingham wasteland 1983 whilst playing truant from schoolon waste ground. Local authority Housing clearance area © John Harris

10-08-1983 - 1983: You've either got it, or you haven't. A man walks past an advertising hoarding on the Harrow Road, West London. © Philip Wolmuth

20-08-1983 - Children playing a the back ally, Newcastle upon Tyne 1983. Washing line and city in the background © John Sturrock

10-07-1985 - Fence separating Catholics and Protestants East Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1985, behind the wire is the Short Strand a Catholic enclave in East Belfast. On this side is the edge of the Loyalist Newtow... © John Sturrock

10-07-1985 - Children make believe classroom, Markets area, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Markets area redevelopment © John Sturrock

12-03-1987 - Poor queuing for free EEC Butter, Birmingham 1987. Pensioners and the unemployed queuing to receive milk and butter from the Salvation Army distributing part of the E.E.C. intervention store surplus o... © John Harris

12-03-1987 - Pensioners and homeless mooching, The Bull Ring, 1987. Homeless man mooching - trying to find edible food discarded by market traders at the end of the day, The Bull Ring Market, Shopping Centre Birmi... © John Harris

12-03-1987 - Unemployed looking for food Bull Ring Market Birmingham 1987 searching amongst the market traders discarded rubbish at the end of the day © John Harris

12-03-1987 - Factory being demolished Aston Birmingham 1987. Once a thriving industrial area male unemployment now risen to 43 © John Harris

12-03-1987 - Poor queuing for free EEC Butter, Birmingham 1987.Pensioners and the unemployed queuing to receive milk and butter from the Salvation Army distributing part of the E.E.C. intervention store surplus of... © John Harris

12-03-1987 - Poor queuing for free EEC Butter, Birmingham 1987. Pensioners and the unemployed queuing to receive milk and butter from the Salvation Army distributing part of the E.E.C. intervention store surplus o... © John Harris

26-03-1987 - Schoolboys pass a factory being demolished as they walk home from school Aston Birmingham- once a thriving industrial area 1987 © John Harris

26-03-1987 - Pensioners and homeless mooching, The Bull Ring, 1987 trying to find edible food discarded by market traders at the end of the day to supplement their low income. The Bull Ring Shopping Centre Birming... © John Harris

26-03-1987 - Pensioners and homeless mooching, The Bull Ring, 1987 trying to find edible food discarded by market traders at the end of the day to supplement their low income. The Bull Ring Shopping Centre Birming... © John Harris

02-04-1987 - A young punk couple dancing at a gig at a club in Sunderland with mohican haircuts © Janina Struk

01-05-1987 - Drinking in a pub, inner city Birmingham 1987 © John Harris

22-09-1987 - Man and bear relaxing on a park bench. © Paul Carter

02-03-1988 - Pony grazing in a field on a misty morning. © Paul Carter

16-03-1988 - Urban architecture Thamesmead London © Stefano Cagnoni

18-03-1988 - run down housing estate with many homes boarded up to prevent vandalism Maryport Cumbria 18.3.88 © Stefano Cagnoni

18-03-1988 - run down housing estate with many homes boarded up to prevent vandalism Maryport Cumbria 18.3.88 © Stefano Cagnoni

18-03-1988 - Derelict industrial land, Maryport Cumbria 18.3.88 © Stefano Cagnoni

25-03-1988 - derelict industrial land Maryport Cumbria 18.3.88 © Stefano Cagnoni

25-03-1988 - Mother and children walking past boarded-up shops & homes, Benchill, Manchester © Stefano Cagnoni

27-05-1988 - Youths playing truant, Dovecot Liverpool © Stefano Cagnoni

27-05-1988 - Teenage girls smoking on the eve of leaving school, Liverpool 1988 © Stefano Cagnoni

01-06-1988 - Couple walking hand-in-hand along a sandy beach. © Paul Carter

01-06-1988 - Graveyard next to the sea. North Cornwall. © Paul Carter

01-06-1988 - Graveyard next to the sea. North Cornwall. © Paul Carter

10-06-1988 - Sunbathing on a sandy beach. © Paul Carter

01-08-1988 - Pony trekkers riding across heathland. © Paul Carter

01-08-1988 - Young girl jumping in the waves on a beach. © Paul Carter

26-09-1988 - A graffiti covered subway, Bradford © Stefano Cagnoni

04-10-1988 - Asian women talking, corner shop, Sparkhill, Birmingham,1988 IRA graffiti on the shutters, in a poor Inner city area © John Harris

02-11-1988 - Youth passing an expensive car Little Germany Bradford 1988. Jaguare car parked on the pavement outside a wine bar, Little Germany, an area where many German Jews settled, now redeveloped for financia... © John Harris

04-11-1988 - School pupil eating a bag of chips for lunch, Bradford, 1988 eating in the street as the price of a school meal doubles © John Harris

01-04-1989 - Elderly sitting on a park bench talking Bournemouth © Paul Carter

15-04-1989 - Yacht sailing past the Chapel (now a museum) in Royal Victoria Country Park. © Paul Carter

15-04-1989 - Young girl water divining whilst walking along a tree that has fallen across a river. The New Forest, Hampshire. © Paul Carter

01-05-1989 - Two teenage girls swinging in a garden. © Paul Carter

01-05-1989 - Two teenage girls playing chase. © Paul Carter

01-05-1989 - A family boat trip to Long Island, nr. Boscastle, Cornwall. © Paul Carter

04-05-1989 - Nuns strolling on the seafront, Llandudno, Wales, 1989 © John Harris

07-05-1989 - Rivington reservoir Lancashire. Children with their bikes on a footpath during a holiday weekend © John Harris

07-05-1989 - Rivington reservoir Lancashire. Children playing on a trig point whilst Grandmother enjoys the view, holiday weekend © John Harris

10-06-1989 - Mother and baby, talking to elderly neighbours. Smethwick, West Midlands 1989. © John Sturrock

20-06-1989 - Woman walking alone. Empty canal, road and railway, Smethwick. The canals are empty, many factories closed, and the foundries still producing but paying low wages whilst polluting the atmosphere. Sout... © John Sturrock

15-07-1989 - London Procession in Honour of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: A figure dressed as Jesus and carrying a wooden cross passes the Guardian Newspaper building during the annual Italian religious procession thr... © Stefano Cagnoni

20-07-1989 - Girls ride on a fast fairground ride. © Paul Carter

04-06-1989 - Shelters built by the homeless in Cardboard City, Waterloo, central London. © Philip Wolmuth

21-02-1989 - Women walking to the shops Penrhiwceiber, Cynon valley an area of low family income, poor housing and deprivation. South Wales 1989 © John Harris

21-02-1989 - Women walking to the shops Penrhiwceiber, Cynon valley an area of low family income, poor housing and deprivation. South Wales 1989 © John Harris

21-02-1989 - Mother and children crossing the road, Penrhiwceiber, closed Vally Fashions shop, Cynon valley an area of low family income, poor housing and deprivation. South Wales 1989 © John Harris

04-11-1988 - School pupil eating a bag of chips for lunch, Bradford, 1988 eating in the street as the price of a school meal doubles © John Harris

16-06-1988 - Women cleaning windows, VSEL Trident shipyard Barrow-in-Furnes which makes the nuclear submarine © John Harris

05-05-1988 - Mobile Unemployment Benefit Office in the midlands, 1988. .... © John Harris

14-03-1988 - Government advertising billboard for the Poll Tax 1988 and changes to Housing Benefit, Southwark, London. © Philip Wolmuth

18-11-1987 - Marks and Spencer shopfront, Oxford Street, London, 1987. © Stefano Cagnoni

20-04-1983 - Ravenscraig Steelworks, corner shop, Motherwell, Scotland © John Sturrock

30-07-1981 - Children playing in the street, Toxteth, Liverpool © John Sturrock

15-07-1983 - American vicar smoking a cigarette, Victoria Railway Station, London. Sitting on his case waiting for a train © David Mansell

20-10-1980 - Man reading a book, Palace of Versailles, France © David Mansell

10-04-1983 - Youth on bicycles, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 1983. Derelict building with CND graffiti Fall Out With Thatcher © Katalin Arkell

11-02-1983 - Man and dog, Crufts dog show, London 1983 © NLA

08-02-1981 - Youth with roller skates, Stockwell Park Estate, Lambeth, London 1981 © Peter Arkell

05-12-1989 - Balabanov House, Old Town, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 1989. Elderly woman walking past beautiful Bulgarian National Revival era mansion. Wealthy merchants built mansions at the beginning of the 19th century. T... © Melanie Friend

18-08-1989 - Billybanks housing estate South Wales. Children casting with a fishing rod, practising their skill, High View, Billybanks council housing estate Penarth South Wales an area of poor housing and multipu... © John Harris

18-08-1989 - Mother with a pushchair and child, High View housing estate, Billybanks, Penart,h South Wales an area of poor housing and multipul deprivation © John Harris

18-08-1989 - Children playing, High View, Billybanks council housing estate Penarth South Wales an area of poor housing and multipul deprivation © John Harris

18-08-1989 - Children playing, High View, Billybanks council housing estate Penarth South Wales an area of poor housing and multipul deprivation © John Harris

18-08-1989 - Children playing, High View, Billybanks council housing estate Penarth South Wales an area of poor housing and multipul deprivation © John Harris

18-08-1989 - Children playing, High View, Billybanks council housing estate Penarth South Wales an area of poor housing and multipul deprivation © John Harris

07-04-1989 - Prefabricated semi-detached housing estate, Avonmouth docks, Bristol © John Harris

30-03-1989 - Mother with children, Handsworth, Birmingham, an urban area with a high proportion of ethnic minorities and multiple deprivation, poverty and poor housing © John Harris

21-02-1989 - Steelworks and housing Ebbw Vale. South Wales © John Harris

21-02-1989 - Children buying sweets, shop and Italian cafe, Penrhiwceiber, Cynon valley an area of low family income, poor housing and deprivation. South Wales 1989 © John Harris

21-02-1989 - Child buying sweets, Italian shop and cafe, Penrhiwceiber, Cynon valley as proprieter looks on smiling. Cynon valley is an area of low family income, poor housing and deprivation. South Wales 1989 © John Harris

23-12-1988 - Crisis at Christmas homeless shelter, London 1988. Homeless man in temporary shelter provided by charitable donation to Crisis at Christmas which provide accommodation and food for the festive winter... © John Harris

23-12-1988 - Crisis at Christmas homeless shelter, London 1988. Homeless man in temporary shelter provided by charitable donation to Crisis at Christmas which provide accommodation and food for the festive winter... © John Harris

12-04-1988 - Youth pushing a shopping trolly full of paving stones, derelict Netherley Estate, Liverpool, 1988. To sell to garden centre for A?1 each © Dave Sinclair

25-03-1988 - boarded-up shops & homes Benchill Manchester 25.3.88 © Stefano Cagnoni

21-03-1988 - Tower blocks, Hackney, East London April 1988. Grafitti Good Morning Battery Hens © Peter Arkell

18-03-1988 - Child and dog, play area, tower blocks, Hackney, London 1988 © Peter Arkell

10-03-1988 - Mosque minaret and housing, Sanaa, Yemen Arab Republic 1988 © Melanie Friend

09-03-1988 - Mosque minaret, Sanaa, Yemen Arab Republic 1988 © Melanie Friend

05-10-1987 - Young children and teacher during an urban nature walk. © Paul Carter

05-10-1987 - Teacher carrying a child through mud, during a nature walk. © Paul Carter

01-08-1987 - Elderly Vietnamese refugee with her grandchild in overcrowded bed and breakfast accommodation. London. 1987 © Howard Davies

26-04-1987 - Birmingham inner city, Central mosque, council housing 1987, low and high rise, Further Education college © John Harris