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 |