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Police speaking to man, Trafalgar Square. Tourists sitting on benches Trafalgar Square, London. 10 November 1979. Image shows two Metropolitan Police officers (MPS) speaking to an adult male seated. Visitors sitting on benches. Two MPS, Metroploitan Police Service, officers, police men speaking to man. Trafalgar Square, London. 1979
Police speaking to man, Trafalgar Square.
Photo shows Lovable, female lingerie advert poster on platform at Baker Street underground tube station. London, 1979
Lovable advert, Baker Street tube station.
Pigeons, fountain and Nelson's Column. Trafalgar Square, London, UK. 10 November 1979.
Pigeons, fountain and Nelson’s Column. Trafalgar Square, London
Documentary reportage photograph of Jim Huggon, Hyde Park Anarchist Forum speaking to spectators at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London. 1979.
Jim Huggon, Hyde Park Anarchist Forum
View south towards Whitehall and Parliament from Trafalgar Square, London, UK. 1979. Image shows lion statue, tourist crowds and traffic heading down Whitehall. Palace of Westminster, the Houses of Parliament, including Elizabeth Tower can be seen in background. Cenotaph in middle ground.
Trafalgar Square towards Whitehall
The bedsit room, (Mrs Monk's). Seymour Ave,Tottenham, London N17. 1978
Bedsit. Seymour Ave,Tottenham, London N17. 1978
Public, people. Trafalgar Square, London, UK. 1979.
Visitors, Trafalgar Square, London.
Trafalgar Square, London, UK. 1979. Image shows child holding cup of bird seed, adult male in background leaning against fountain perimeter.
Visitors, Trafalgar Square, London.
Discarded Union Jack flag and crisp packet on road next to a street barrier. Lord Mayor's Show, City of London, UK. 10 November 1979.
Discarded Union Jack flag and crisp packet on road next to a street barrier, City of London
Hyde Park, London, 1979. Heavy rain, people with umbrellas. Couple sheltering beneath Oak trees.
Couple with umbrella, London park in the rain
Morris Dancers, Lord Mayor's Show, City of London, UK. Near St Pauls Cathedral. 10 November Photo 1979
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Lord Mayor's Show, City of London, UK. 10 November 1979. Morris Dancers (morris men).
Morris Dancers City of London | 06
Morris Dancers, Lord Mayor's Show, City of London, UK. Near St Pauls Cathedral. 10 November Photo 1979
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Lord Mayor's Show, City of London, UK. 10 November 1979. Image shows Morris Dancers (morris men), folk dancers performing in front of child. Wearing traditional folk costume representing an animal, possibly a Boar's heads.
Morris Dancers City of London | 03
DC3 aircraft, Heathrow Airport
Spectators watching Morris Dancers at the Lord Mayor's Show, City of London, UK. Near St Pauls Cathedral. Photo 10 November 1979
Morris Dancers City of London | 08
Posters - "Be not deceived". Lord Mayor's Show, City of London 1979.
Visitors and placard man, Lord Mayor’s Show, City of London
Posters - "Be not deceived". "Vengeance belongeth unto me". Lord Mayor's Show, City of London 1979.
Visitors and placard man, Lord Mayor’s Show, City of London
Crowd, spectators at Lord Mayor's Show, City of London 1979
Lord Mayor’s Show, City of London
Crowd, spectators at Lord Mayor's Show, City of London 1979
Lord Mayor’s Show, City of London
Crowd, spectators at Lord Mayor's Show, City of London 1979
Paternoster Square, City of London
Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square, London
Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square, London
Pigeons, Trafalgar Square, London
Flying pigeons, Trafalgar Square, London
Trafalgar Square, London, UK, 1979. Youngsters feeding pigeons. Fountain in middle ground and Canada house seen in background.
Pigeons, Trafalgar Square, London
Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square
Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square, Pigeons and tourists
Trafalgar Square, Pigeons
Tourists, pigeons and Trafalgar Square, London.
Tourists, pigeons and Trafalgar Square, London.
Tourists feeding pigeons. Trafalgar Square, London, UK. 1979.
Tourists, pigeons and Trafalgar Square, London.
Trafalgar Square, pigeons and tourists, London. Photo image shows man with pigeons on perched on his arms in front of one of the lion statues. Photo circa 1979
Tourists, pigeons and Trafalgar Square, London.
Lord Mayor's Show, City of London, UK. Spectators watching Morris men, folk dancers performing and wearing traditional folk costume
Morris Dancers City of London
Lord Mayor's Show, City of London, UK. 10 November 1979.
City of London
Spectators at Lord Mayor's Show, City of London, UK. 10 November 1979. View of peoples' heads in crowd outside St Paul's Cathedral. Shows hand raised waving a Union Flag.
Lord Mayor’s Show, City of London, UK.
blurred image of spectators Lord Mayor's Show, City of London
Visitors, City of London
Two men talking, orator in background speaking. Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London. 1979
Orator at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London. 1979
Concorde landing, Heathrow Airport 1979
Concorde, Heathrow Airport 1979
Waiting for a tube train, Baker Street tube platform.
The Sign of The Four, Sherlock Holmes. Baker Street tube platform.
Meet and greet. Turnham Green, London, UK. Image shows male visitor speaking with female at front door of residence.
Two young people on doorstep. Turnham Green, London
Room in house squat South London, UK. Showing scruffy sofa and a discarded newspaper bearing the sensationalist headline "Robbed by Crazed Knifeman". Early 1980's.
Newspaper headline “Crazed Knifeman”. Room in house squat South London
London, the early years.

Photos circa 1978-1979.

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1 Aug 2022

Sunday Times National Fun Run 1980

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First National Fun Run. Hyde Park, London, Sunday, 28 September 1980. Which later developed into the London Marathon. Picture shows start of men's race, runners just leaving the start line.
First National Fun Run. Hyde Park, London, Sunday, 28 September 1980. Which later developed into the London Marathon.
First National Fun Run. Hyde Park, London, Sunday, 28 September 1980. Picture shows a number of male competitors running.
First National Fun Run. Hyde Park, London, Sunday, 28 September 1980. Which later developed into the London Marathon. Shows crowd of male runners shortly after the race start.
First National Fun Run. Hyde Park, London, Sunday, 28 September 1980.
First National Fun Run. Hyde Park, London, Sunday, 28 September 1980. Which later developed into the London Marathon.
First National Fun Run. Hyde Park, London, Sunday, 28 September 1980. Which later developed into the London Marathon.
First National Fun Run. Hyde Park, London, Sunday, 28 September 1980. Male runners in character carrying a wooden Pan Am aircraft.
First National Fun Run. Hyde Park, London, Sunday, 28 September 1980. Which later developed into the London Marathon. Shows various participating runners and spectators.
First National Fun Run. Hyde Park, London, Sunday, 28 September 1980. Which later developed into the London Marathon. Shows various participating runners and spectators.
First National Fun Run. Hyde Park, London, Sunday, 28 September 1980. Which later developed into the London Marathon. Shows various participating runners and spectators.
First National Fun Run. Hyde Park, London, Sunday, 28 September 1980. Which later developed into the London Marathon. Image shows female runner reaching the finishing line.

National Jog Day, National Fun Run, sponsored by The Sunday Times.
Hyde Park, London, Sunday, 28 September 1980.

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1 May 2022

London #04 Piccadilly Circus

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Casual music buskers, Piccadilly Circus, London, 1980
Casual music buskers, Piccadilly Circus, London, 1980
Casual music buskers, Piccadilly Circus, London, 1980
Risca Male Voice Choir. Piccadilly Circus London, 1980
Members of Risca Male Voice Choir from South Wales, UK. Impromptu singing gig at Piccadilly Circus, London, 1980.
Risca Male Voice Choir. Piccadilly Circus London, 1980
Piccadilly Circus, London 1980

The steps surrounding the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, beneath the statue of Anteros (popularly known as Eros), Piccadilly often became a focal point for impromptu musical sessions. London, UK. These images were made one Saturday afternoon in 1980.

The plinth, fountain and statue were moved to a new location in 1985.

1) Buskers singing and playing a guitar surrounded by groups of young people sitting or standing around. In the background can be seen a red London bus and the London Pavilion theatre showing the Great Rock n’ Roll Swindle mockumentary film.

2) Members of Risca Male Choir (Welsh male voice choir based in Risca, South Wales) performing an impromptu gig.

Photos 1980.

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27 Feb 2022

London #08 Concorde, Heathrow Airport

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Concorde landing, Heathrow Airport 1979

British Airways Concorde lands at Heathrow Airport, London 1978

Registration number G-BOAC, flagship aircraft of the the British Airways fleet.

Photo shows tarmac next to runway, in the foreground is a stationary Libyan Arab Airways aircraft with various service vehicles. Concorde landing on runway in background.

After being de-commissioned in early 2000’s this Conorde aircraft was moved to a Manchester storage hangar.

Photo date 27 March, 1978

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