24-11-2018 Mural by Art SRX, A 1950s couple light a Coca Cola molotov cocktail, Custard factory, Birmingham © John Harris

19-11-2011 Don't Turn Back Time on Women's Equality, 1950s dress themed London protest by the Fawcett Society. © Philip Wolmuth

19-11-2011 Don't Turn Back Time on Women's Equality, 1950s dress themed London protest by the Fawcett Society. © Philip Wolmuth

19-11-2011 Don't Turn Back Time on Women's Equality, 1950s dress themed London protest by the Fawcett Society. © Philip Wolmuth

19-11-2011 Don't Turn Back Time on Women's Equality, 1950s dress themed London protest by the Fawcett Society. © Philip Wolmuth

19-11-2011 Don't Turn Back Time on Women's Equality, 1950s dress themed London protest by the Fawcett Society. © Philip Wolmuth

19-11-2011 Don't Turn Back Time on Women's Equality, 1950s dress themed London protest by the Fawcett Society. © Philip Wolmuth

19-11-2011 Don't Turn Back Time on Women's Equality, 1950s dress themed London protest by the Fawcett Society. © Philip Wolmuth

19-11-2011 Don't Turn Back Time on Women's Equality, 1950s dress themed London protest by the Fawcett Society. © Philip Wolmuth

19-11-2011 Don't Turn Back Time on Women's Equality, 1950s dress themed London protest by the Fawcett Society. © Philip Wolmuth

19-11-2011 Don't Turn Back Time on Women's Equality, 1950s dress themed London protest by the Fawcett Society. © Philip Wolmuth

19-11-2011 Don't Turn Back Time on Women's Equality, 1950s dress themed London protest by the Fawcett Society. © Philip Wolmuth

19-11-2011 Don't Turn Back Time on Women's Equality, 1950s dress themed London protest by the Fawcett Society. © Philip Wolmuth

19-11-2011 Don't Turn Back Time on Women's Equality, 1950s dress themed London protest by the Fawcett Society. © Philip Wolmuth

09-11-2010 A child's rocking horse on the 1950s Gurnos council housing estate, based on the Radburn system. Merthyr Tydfil It is one of the unhealthiest places in Britain due to the high levels of long term unem... © David Mansell

08-11-2010 A man using a public telephone box on the 1950s Gurnos council housing estate based on the Radburn system. Merthyr Tydfil has high levels of long term unemployment. It has the highest number of people... © David Mansell

08-11-2010 A young mother and child in a pushchair walk past a mural: Look to the Future (by LLOYD ROBERTS), on the shopping centre, the Gurnos council housing estate which dates from the 1950s, Merthyr Tydfil © David Mansell

08-11-2010 A disable man with a child going past a mural: Look to the Future (by LLOYD ROBERTS), on the shopping centre, on the Gurnos council housing estate which dates from the 1950s, Merthyr Tydfil © David Mansell

08-11-2010 Waiting at the bus stop on the 1950s Gurnos council housing estate based on the Radburn system. Merthyr Tydfil has high levels of long term unemployment. It has the highest number of people claiming s... © David Mansell

08-05-2009 Park Hill council housing estate. A part-privatisation regeneration scheme by the developer Urban Splash is turning the 1950s Grade 2 listed flats into upmarket apartments, business units and social h... © Jess Hurd

08-05-2009 Park Hill council housing estate. A part-privatisation regeneration scheme by the developer Urban Splash is turning the 1950s Grade 2 listed flats into upmarket apartments, business units and social h... © Jess Hurd

08-05-2009 Park Hill council housing estate. A part-privatisation regeneration scheme by the developer Urban Splash is turning the 1950s Grade 2 listed flats into upmarket apartments, business units and social h... © Jess Hurd

08-05-2009 Park Hill council housing estate. A part-privatisation regeneration scheme by the developer Urban Splash is turning the 1950s Grade 2 listed flats into upmarket apartments, business units and social h... © Jess Hurd

08-05-2009 Park Hill council housing estate. A part-privatisation regeneration scheme by the developer Urban Splash is turning the 1950s Grade 2 listed flats into upmarket apartments, business units and social h... © Jess Hurd

26-07-2007 Shoeburyness Cold War defence boom, built early 1950s to prevent enemy submarines from accessing the River Thames, Essex. The boom comprised two off set rows of concrete piles, linked by angle iron st... © Jess Hurd

26-07-2007 Shoeburyness Cold War defence boom, built early 1950s to prevent enemy submarines from accessing the River Thames, Essex. The boom comprised two off set rows of concrete piles, linked by angle iron st... © Jess Hurd

26-07-2007 Shoeburyness Cold War defence boom, built early 1950s to prevent enemy submarines from accessing the River Thames, Essex. The boom comprised two off set rows of concrete piles, linked by angle iron st... © Jess Hurd

26-07-2007 Shoeburyness Cold War defence boom, built early 1950s to prevent enemy submarines from accessing the River Thames, Essex. The boom comprised two off set rows of concrete piles, linked by angle iron st... © Jess Hurd

26-07-2007 Shoeburyness Cold War defence boom, built early 1950s to prevent enemy submarines from accessing the River Thames, Essex. The boom comprised two off set rows of concrete piles, linked by angle iron st... © Jess Hurd

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are sufferring from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A resident removes an old fridge. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A resident removes an old fridge. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A resident removes an old fridge. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A resident removes an old fridge. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A resident removes an old fridge. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A mother and child. A resident outside condemmed home. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are bei... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A mother and child. A resident outside condemmed home. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are bei... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction They are being demolished and the residents re housed. A mother with... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A mother and child. A resident outside condemmed home. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are bei... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A mother and child. A resident outside condemmed home. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are bei... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A mother and child. A resident outside condemmed home. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are bei... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A mother and child. A resident outside condemmed home. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are bei... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A family with children. A resident outside condemmed home. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A family with children. A resident outside condemmed home. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A family with children. A resident outside condemmed home. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A family with children. A resident outside condemmed home. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A resident outside condemmed home. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and th... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A resident outside condemmed home. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and th... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A resident outside condemmed home. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and th... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 A resident outside condemmed home. Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and th... © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

24-03-2005 Council Houses in Filton, Bristol. They were built in the 1950s and are suffering from concrete decay due to Alkali Silica reaction. They are being demolished and the residents re housed. © Paul Box

03-05-1997 Woman with shopping walking through a housing estate, Nowa Huta, Poland, a town built around the steelworks in the 1950s © Janina Struk

03-03-1997 Nowa Huta steelworks, one of the largest industrial plants in Poland, was built in the 1950s near Krakow. It is gradually being closed down due to high pollution levels. © Janina Struk

03-03-1997 Nowa Huta steelworks, one of the largest industrial plants in Poland, was built in the 1950s near Krakow. It is gradually being closed down due to high pollution levels. © Janina Struk

03-03-1997 Nowa Huta steelworks, one of the largest industrial plants in Poland, was built in the 1950s near Krakow. It is gradually being closed down due to high pollution levels. © Janina Struk

09-12-1959 Well dressed woman with her pet poodle in a Mayfair bar in London, 1959. © Alan Vines

09-12-1959 Well dressed woman with her pet poodle in a Mayfair bar in London, 1959. © Alan Vines

09-12-1959 Anti-Apartheid rally in central London calling for a boycott of South African goods,1959. © Alan Vines

26-11-1959 Austrian Composer Hanns Eisler 1959, composer of the GDR National Anthem and a long time musical and political associate of Bertolt Brecht, London © Alan Vines

26-11-1959 Austrian Composer Hanns Eisler 1959, composer of the GDR National Anthem and a long time musical and political associate of Bertolt Brecht, London © Alan Vines

26-11-1959 Austrian Composer Hanns Eisler 1959, composer of the GDR National Anthem and a long time musical and political associate of Bertolt Brecht, London © Alan Vines

17-11-1959 Poet Laureate Cecil Day Lewis at his home London 1959 © Alan Vines

13-11-1959 Philip Noel-Baker, London 1959, renowned campaigner for nuclear disarmament and winner of 1959 Nobel Peace Prize. He was a politician, diplomat, academic, outstanding amateur athlete © Alan Vines

13-11-1959 Philip Noel-Baker, London 1959, renowned campaigner for nuclear disarmament and winner of 1959 Nobel Peace Prize. He was a politician, diplomat, academic, outstanding amateur athlete © Alan Vines

23-10-1959 American satirist and cartoonist Jules Feiffer visiting London 1959 © Alan Vines

23-10-1959 American satirist and cartoonist Jules Feiffer visiting London 1959 © Alan Vines

23-10-1959 Soldier looking at the early morning train departures at Waterloo Station, London, 1959 © Alan Vines

23-10-1959 Civilian and military personnel waiting late at night for their trains, Waterloo Station, London 1959 © Alan Vines

23-10-1959 Playwright John Arden talking with actress Tamara Hinchco, London 1959 © Alan Vines

23-10-1959 Playwright John Arden (c) talking with actors Tamara Hinchco and David Andrews, London 1959 © Alan Vines

08-10-1959 1959 Daily Telegraph displaying General Election results to a crowded Piccadilly Circus, London © Romano Cagnoni

08-10-1959 1959 Daily Telegraph displaying General Election results to a crowded Piccadilly Circus, London © Romano Cagnoni

08-10-1959 1959 Daily Telegraph displaying General Election results to a crowded Piccadilly Circus, London © Romano Cagnoni

08-10-1959 General Election October 1959. Large crowd gathered around the statue of Eros, Piccadilly Circus, London awaiting the results © Romano Cagnoni

08-10-1959 1959 Daily Telegraph displaying General Election results to a crowded Piccadilly Circus, London © Romano Cagnoni

08-10-1959 1959 Daily Telegraph displaying General Election results to a crowded Piccadilly Circus, London © Romano Cagnoni

08-10-1959 General Election October 1959. Large crowd gathered around the statue of Eros, Piccadilly Circus, London awaiting the results © Romano Cagnoni

08-10-1959 General Election 1959. Results of the October General Election in Britain being conveyed by the Daily Telegraph newspaper to the public in a crowded Piccadilly Circus in central London © Romano Cagnoni

17-09-1959 Girton College Cambridge 1959 Women science undergraduates setting off from Girton to cycle into the city © Kurt Hutton

17-09-1959 Newnham College Cambridge 1959 Women science undergraduates talking outside the Pfeiffer Building. Penelope Stearn studying Biochemistry (L) and Claire Martyn studying Botany(R) © Kurt Hutton

17-09-1959 Newnham College Cambridge 1959 Women science undergraduates talking outside the Pfeiffer Building, Penelope Stearn studying Biochemistry (L) and Claire Martyn studying Botany(R) © Kurt Hutton

17-09-1959 Newnham College Cambridge 1959 Women science undergraduates talking between lectures outside the Pfeiffer Building, (L to R) Penelope Stearn Biochemistry, Tessa Rudebeck Natural Sciences and Claire Ma... © Kurt Hutton

17-09-1959 Girton College Cambridge 1959 Women Cancer research students examining bacetria, Zoology Department laboratory, Shireen Saleh (L) and Winnifred Peirce (R) © Kurt Hutton