These nostalgic photographs will take you back to London in mid-seventies. The time remembered for the extraordinary heatwave and Harold Wilson’s resignation. 1976 saw the year that saw the beginnings of punk. In September that year, the 100 Club played host to the first punk festival. In October – the InterCity 125 high-speed train is introduced into passenger service on British Rail, initially between London Paddington station, Bristol, and South Wales.
In March 1977, inflation had increased prices up by almost 70% within three years. Not entirely unconnected the Conservatives started to make gains at local council elections, including winning the Greater London Council from Labour. The same year, more than a million Londoners lined the streets to celebrate the Queen’s Silver Jubilee.
Take a look at these colorful photos that show a busy life in the mid-seventies. Photographer David Rostance captured these amazing photos with a Pentax Spotmatic camera.
I am curious to know why the Trafalgar Square demonstration happened and the flags in Fulham. The data suggests it was for the silver jubilee, but I cannot figure out what France (or the Netherlands/Yugoslavia) and Ghana(?) have to do with it.
Around that time, there were protests against cuts to the NHS.
The fashion on display is impressive