The People’s Archive is our ongoing project and archive documenting the publics images of everyday life, society and culture in the UK.
The images highlight real life as it was for many of us growing up before the rapid rise of technology, smart phones and social media.
As well as exhibiting the archive across towns and cities in the UK – we are currently crowdfunding towards our long term goal of a permanent gallery space in the North West which we hope to establish in 2020.
This will be a community hub where we can house the archive alongside events, workshops and exhibitions from our featured photographers.
For more details and to support our project please go to www.crowdfunder.co.uk/thepeoplesarchive
Gallery

Ian: “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 Players factory where my dad worked. And what a pair of bags!”






Brian”Photo of me posing with my guitar in my older sisters bedrooom back in 1980. Any cool pictures/clippings from magazines with our favourite bands or musicians went straight up on the wall”

to Blackpool, 1984. Photo submitted by John Dawkins.
John: ‘My family on a day trip to Blackpool. We’d travel up every year from Coventry. Fond memories!’.

Andrew:”Me and a mate, Easter 1981. Just before setting off to see Bow Wow Wow at the Lyceum”.


Photo submitted by Sue McIndoe.
Sue: “This is my sister Pat and her friend Mavis on the beach at Margate, 1964. Apparently, it wasn’t seen as a bad thing to have the same outfit as your mate back then!”


Paul:’Best years of my life. Our breakdance crew were called Street Style Rockers’.

The images featured are a small selection from our archive. You can also see a selection of the archive on our People’s Archive Instagram page here. www.instagram.com/thepeoplesarchive
Submit
Please contact us HERE if you have any images that you would like to submit to the archive.
Terms
By submitting your image(s) to The People’s Archive you agree to the use of your image(s) for press/promotional use, books, prints, displays and exhibitions. As a non-profit resource any funds raised using the images will be put towards our crowdfunder and help maintain and develop our archive.
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