BMX culture
Riding, racing and growing up in the 1980s.
© The People’s Archive®
Contributed by the public · Curated by BCA
Everyday life in
twentieth-century Britain.
Personal and family photographs, contributed by the public and selected by British Culture Archive. Explore the people, places and experiences recorded in everyday photographs.
Holidays, football, music and the cultures that shaped everyday life.
Riding, racing and growing up in the 1980s.
© The People’s Archive®
Seaside trips, holiday camps and time away.
Teams, terraces and the people around the game.
© Lee / The People’s Archive®
Gigs and festivals photographed by the people who went.
© Dean Wade/The People’s Archive®
Explore punk, mods, skinheads and rave culture.
© Andrew Gallix/The People’s Archive.
Personal photographs from the Manchester club.
© Ian/The People’s Archive
Five decades of personal photographs.
Discover individual collections and the stories behind the photographs.
A family archive
Photographs taken by Vicki Couchman’s late father between 1960 and 1980, discovered by Vicki after his death.
© Vicki Couchman / BCA. All rights reserved.
Hulme · 1940s–1950s
Family photographs shared by Shirley Ann Fyfe, documenting life around Clopton Street in Hulme during the 1940s and 1950s.
© Shirley Ann Fyfe / British Culture Archive.
Music & memory
The Stone Roses at Spike Island, 27 May 1990, through personal photographs shared with The People’s Archive.
© Shaun Clayton/The People’s Archive®
About The People’s Archive
Established by British Culture Archive in 2017, The People’s Archive brings together personal and family photographs contributed by the public. Childhood, home, work, friendship and community are recorded through the photographs people kept and the memories they share.
BCA selects and curates the collection, drawing on information provided by contributors. The archive forms a central part of BCA’s work across online galleries, exhibitions and community projects.
Help develop the collection
Do you have personal or family photographs of life in twentieth-century Britain? We welcome contributions from across Britain’s communities.
How to contributeRead the submission guidance and terms before sending your photographs.
Home, work, holidays, friendships, music or everyday life. Clear scans and digital copies are welcome.
Add names, places, approximate dates and any memories. You do not need to know every detail; tell us where information is uncertain.
Find out how to send your photographs and what happens next. BCA reviews contributions and selects photographs for the collection.