From Leeds to London: portraits of English cities in the 1970s – in pictures
▻https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/jul/28/fading-england-1970s-snapshot-people-and-places-in-pictures
Peter Mitchell worked as a truck driver in Leeds in the 1970s, photographing the city during his rounds. These fascinating portraits of factories and small shop owners in Yorkshire and London are found on his website Strangely Familiar
▻http://strangelyfamiliar.co.uk
photographs: © Peter Mitchell/RRB Publishing/Neutral Grey
Keith and Sandra run a cosy pub on Portland Street, Sheffield. It’s closing time on a Sunday in June 1978
Kingston Racing Motors in Olinda Terrace, spring 1975.Is the man with the wrench a mechanic? Why is the woman with the clapped-out Porsche looking so naughty? Will James C Gallagher, whose business it is, always have his back to the camera? And after painting the wall, why did Barry have to leave Leeds? The council demolished the lot shortly after this snap
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