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