The Subculture Archive
A selection of our crowdsourced archive documenting snapshots and memories of life in Britain during the 1990s. The images in this gallery document youth culture and British subcultures from Mods in the 1960s, through to Punk, Ska, Acid House and Rave.
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Mods on Box Hill, Surrey, 1962.
Photo © Jack Oxford/The People's Archive®
"A photo of my Nan aged 16 with her mod mates in 1962."
Bermondsey Mods. London, 1965.
Photo © Andrew Copley/The People's Archive®
"My Dad and his pals enjoying a night out in 1965"
Caxton Mod Club London, 1960s
Photo © Colin Staplehurst/The People's Archive®
Stockport Mods, 1960s
Photo © Scarlett Meikle/The People's Archive®
"My grandad and 'The Boys' (still a phrase he uses to this day) Most of them still meet up each weekend down the pubs in Stockport."
Nottingham, 1977
Photo © Ian Bates/The People's Archive®
“May 1977 posing with my first car after passing my test at 17 - an Austin 1300 MK3 costing £795. The photo was taken outside our house in the shadow of the John Players Factory where my dad worked. And what a pair of bags!”
Tulse Hill, London, 1979.
Photo © Lee Dema/The People's Archive®
Rotherham Punk, 1979
Photo © Natasha/The People's Archive®
"My Mum posing with her Sid Vicious poster when she was a wannabe punk. You can't see it in the photo but she's actually wearing a Sid t-shirt to match!".
Skinheads in St Leonards-on-Sea, 1980
Photo © Russell Macnay/The People's Archive®
Mods in Brighton, 1981.
Photo © David Kemp/The People's Archive®
Mods outside The Wimpy. Chiswick, 1982
Photo © Billy Drinkwater/The People's Archive®
Mods outside The Phoenix, London, 1982
Photo © Billy Drinkwater/The People's Archive®
Breakdancing in Doncaster, 1982.
Photo © Rick Meakin/The People's Archive®
“My brother Andy doing the turtle. We couldn’t afford lino so a piece of cardboard had to do”.
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