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Fascinating Snapshots of London Street Life in the mid-1970s by David Rostance

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David Rostance toured around the United Kingdom in the 1970s, and he documented the street life of Wolverhampton, Birmingham, and Manchester. In the following photographs, he took us to the London Streets in the 1970s. These snapshots show London Streets, roads, and cars. The era is known for being a time of cultural and political change.

#1 Thurlow Park Road and West Dulwich railway station, London SE21. 16th March 1975.

Thurlow Park Road and West Dulwich railway station, London SE21. 16th March 1975.

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#2 South Circular Road, March 1975 Thurlow Park Road, London SE21. 16th March 1975.

South Circular Road, March 1975 Thurlow Park Road, London SE21. 16th March 1975.

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#3 AEC Routemaster No. RM 401 waits at traffic lights in Norwood Road, West Norwood while working route 68 to Euston, 16th March 1975.

AEC Routemaster No. RM 401 waits at traffic lights in Norwood Road, West Norwood while working route 68 to Euston, 16th March 1975.

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#6 AEC Routemasters vie with other traffic at the junction of Lower Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus on 19th April 1975.

AEC Routemasters vie with other traffic at the junction of Lower Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus on 19th April 1975.

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#10 The Archway Tavern, April 1976he Archway Tavern, April 1976

The Archway Tavern, April 1976he Archway Tavern, April 1976

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#11 Routemasters in Park Lane with RM1240 nearest. 3rd April 1976.

Routemasters in Park Lane with RM1240 nearest. 3rd April 1976.

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#14 Temporarily renumbered as SRM5, Bulmers Cider sponsored AEC Routemaster No. RM1668 in Queen’s Silver Jubilee livery makes it’s way through Trafalgar Square on 6th June 1977.

Temporarily renumbered as SRM5, Bulmers Cider sponsored AEC Routemaster No. RM1668 in Queen’s Silver Jubilee livery makes it’s way through Trafalgar Square on 6th June 1977.

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#17 Ice cream van in Alleyn Park, Sydenham Hill, 16th March 1975.

Ice cream van in Alleyn Park, Sydenham Hill, 16th March 1975.

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#18 AEC Routemaster No. RM 401 waits at traffic lights in Norwood Road, West Norwood while working route 68 to Euston, 16th March 1975.

AEC Routemaster No. RM 401 waits at traffic lights in Norwood Road, West Norwood while working route 68 to Euston, 16th March 1975.

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#19 AEC Routemaster No. RM 1976 has just passed under the railway near Tulse Hill station on 16th March 1975.

AEC Routemaster No. RM 1976 has just passed under the railway near Tulse Hill station on 16th March 1975.

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#20 Road paving in Crouch End Broadway, north London on 15th February 1976.

Road paving in Crouch End Broadway, north London on 15th February 1976.

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#21 Routemasters turning from Haymarket into Pall Mall, April 1976

Routemasters turning from Haymarket into Pall Mall, April 1976

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#22 Turning from Fulham Broadway into Harwood Road, AEC Routemaster No. RM 1865 works route 11 on 7th June 1977.

Turning from Fulham Broadway into Harwood Road, AEC Routemaster No. RM 1865 works route 11 on 7th June 1977.

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