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The People's Archive | 1990s
A selection of our crowdsourced archive documenting snapshots and memories of life in Britain during the 1990s.
Wakefield, West Yorkshire, 1987.
Photo submitted by Martin Snaith.
Photo © Martin Snaith/The People's Archive.
Hackett’s Nightclub. Blackpool, 1991.
Photo submitted by Darren.
Wigan Pier Nightclub, 1991.
Photo submitted by Darren Hare.
Photo © Darren Hare/The People's Archive ®
After hours, Newport, 1991.
Photo submitted by Darren Tutt.
Photo © Darren Tutt/The People's Archive ®
New arrivals at Kaos Weekender. Pontins Great Yarmouth, 1990.
Photo submitted by Darren Tutt.
Photo © Darren Tutt/The People's Archive.
A free travellers party near Newport, Wales, 1991.
Photo submitted by Darren Tutt.
Darren ”After driving around all night in the Oxford area looking for the free travellers party, stopping to listen throughout, we had no luck. Then with daylight breaking, we headed back to Newport. It was then, we saw some like minded people who said another one was happening near by. We then stumbled across this free party under some forestry/woodlands shelter”
Photo © Darren Tutt/The People's Archive ®
Newport Ravers, early 1990s.
Newport Ravers, early 1990s.
Photo submitted by Darren Tutt.
Photo © Darren Tutt/The People's Archive ®
A free travellers party near Newport, Wales, 1991.
Photo submitted by Darren Tutt.
Photo © Darren Tutt/The People's Archive ®
Crowd for The Stone Roses. Spike Island, 1990.
Photo submitted to our archive by Ellie Finch.
Photo © Ellie Finch/The People's Archive.
British Telecom workers. Bristol, 1990.
Photo submitted by Steve Chapple.
Steve: Left to right Bob Ellis (sadly no longer with us) myself and Bob Holmes. Bob Holmes (Holmer) was the eighties equivalent of Gene Hunt from ‘Life on Mars’ a great laugh and a very funny man. This was my last day working in Bristol which is why Bob has a custard slice”.
Photo © Steve Chapple/The People's Archive ®
The chill out room at Wigan Pier nightclub. Summer, 1992.
Photo submitted by Stephen Wells.
Photo © Stephen Wells/The People's Archive ®
Killingworth, North Tyneside, early 90s.
Bedroom Raver. London, 1991
Photo submitted by Hanna Chalmers.
Hanna “This is fourteen year old me in my bedroom in Holloway, North London 1991, listening to pirate radio in front of my rave flyers. I liked to blast Rush FM and was always calling them up to do a shout out to my mates”.
Photo © Hanna Chalmers/The People's Archive ®
Spondon, Derby, 1990s.
Spondon, Derby, 1990s.
Photo submitted by Anthony Shapcott.
Anthony: “With my brother on the Playstation back in the day. Both ravers 6 years apart”.
Photo © Anthony Shapcott/The People's Archive.
Rochdale, 1994.
Photo submitted by Tom Wardle.
Photo © Tom Wardle/The People's Archive ®
Carrington Power Station. Irlam, Salford, 1994
Having a kick-a-bout in the shadow of the now demolished Carrington Power Station. Irlam, Salford, 1994.
Photo submitted by Andrew Smith.
Photo © Andrew Smith/The People's Archive ®
Keep-Ups. Redcar Beach, 1990s.
Photo submitted by Mark Wall.
Mark: “This picture was taken by my dad in the early 90s. Alone on a bleak looking Redcar beach playing keepy up with a football just above my head, South Gare Steelworks kicking out god knows what in the background. I only recently rediscovered the pictures. They feel like perfect images for growing up on Teesside in the 80s/90s. The soon-to-be-broken industrial backbone of the region intersecting with the already faded seaside scene of Redcar beach, juxtaposed with the individual focus, concentration and naivety of an 11 year old unaware of any of that!”
Photo © Mark Wall/The People's Archive.
Reading Festival, 1993.
Photo submitted by Steve Beech.
Steve:”This pic sums up finishing my GCSEs In 1993 and drinking crates of cheap lager at Reading”
Photo © Steve Beech/The People's Archive ®
British workers in Ibiza, 1995.
Photo submitted by Andy Maddison.
Photo © Andy Maddison/The People's Archive ®
Saturday night in a converted aviary, (shed) Churchtown, Southport 1996
Photo submitted by David Walshe.
Photo © David Walshe/The People's Archive ®
On the Tube. London, 1993
Photo submitted by John McMahon.
John “With friends on our way to the ‘Smashing’ club night at Eve’s on Regent Street. Smashing was our regular haunt, we all ended up in two Pulp videos ‘Common People’ & ‘Mis-Shapes’ after being spotted in the club.”
Photo © John MacMahon/The People's Archive ®
Last Day of High School.
Tupton Hall High School, Chesterfield, 1997. Photo submitted by Kirsty Chaplin.
Photo © Kirsty Chaplin/The People's Archive.
Leeds, 1997.
Photo submitted by Heather Griffiths.
Photo © Heather Griffiths/The People's Archive.
The A21 Four. Paddington Blue Watch, 1992.
Photo © The People's Archive/Simon Urban.
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