Llangorse Lake Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park, Wales, UK.
A recreational lake set in the National Park, popular for boating and canoeing activities.
Photos 1975
BUY A PRINTThe Women’s Room
In the 1970s, Beacon House, nestled in Leinster Square, Bayswater, London, functioned as a hostel for young people venturing to the city for employment. It was a home, a haven of safety and security, serving as an ideal base for newcomers to the city. These images spotlight a friendship group of young women residing in the hostel, curated from a broader picture set.
The series title was inspired by one of the subjects’ seen reading “The Women’s Room”, a novel authored by Marilyn French and published in 1977.
“The Women’s Room”. Photos 1979 ©Peter John, All Rights Reserved
Steam Day Caerphilly Railway Society, Cardiff
Steam Day Caerphilly Railway Society
Vintage black and white photographs taken at a steam day at Caerphilly Railway Society, Cardiff showing steam locomotive train and spectators on a wet rainy day.
At that time the railway society was located on the Harold Wilson Industrial Estate in Caerphilly, Cardiff, South Wales, UK with the aim of restoring and maintaining vintage steam locomotives.
Personal journal June 25, 1978.
BUY A PRINTJim Huggon Hyde Park Anarchist Forum, London
Jim Huggon, Hyde Park Anarchist Forum speaking to a crowd of spectators at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London. Personal journal 1979.
Public speaking, free speech oration. A book relating to the social protest, public speaking activities at Speakers Corner was published in 2022 – Speakers’ Corner Anthology edited by Jim Huggon
BUY A PRINTLondon #09
Speaker next to Israeli flag talking to spectators at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London.
1979, personal journal.
BUY A PRINTLloyds Bank International London
Photograph of Lloyds Bank International, 60 Queen Victoria Street, EC4.
In the heart of the financial district. Junction with Queen Street, EC4. City of London, England, UK. Photographed from Watling Street.
Photo circa 1979, building has since been demolished.
Scanned from a large format Vericolour negative.
BUY A PRINTGuildhall City of London, West wing
Guildhall City of London, west wing
Situated in the Moorgate area of the old City of London, near Gresham and Basinghall streets.
An extension to the original Guild Hall building which still stands, used for ceremonial and administrative purposes for the City of London and it’s Corporation.
Photo circa 1979. Scanned from a large format Vericolour negative.
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