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  • A portrait of a mother in her 41st year has been gathering heather in handfuls and holds up her young child who grins towards his father who is taking the picture at a park near the Essex seaside town of Southend. It is the summer of 1960 and the mum's dress is styled from the previous decade: blue with white spots and pearl necklace. She too is smiling as she grasps the flowers and her child on a warm day. Oddly, the boy looks as though he is wearing a girl's dress which may have been a hand-me-down from an older sibling or just the trend then.
    family_archive2315-06_1960.jpg
  • The still-semi derelect Butler's Wharf, 19th century Thameside warehouses, before its renovation and redevelopment later that decade, on 11th September 1993, on the River Thames, London, England.
    butlers_wharf-19-06-1994.jpg
  • The still-semi derelect Butler's Wharf, 19th century Thameside warehouses, before its renovation and redevelopment later that decade, on 11th September 1993, on the River Thames, London, England.
    butlers_wharf-11-09-1993.jpg
  • From the side of a road in south London, we see a group of naked female mannequins, standing and sitting with furniture on the forecourt of an office supplies business. A clearance sign stands partly-obscured but one's attention is to the physiques of each model that tends to signify whichever the fashion industry has decreed is the 'look' of the decade - whether buxom or skinny - and shop windows are therefore occupied with the clothing shapes of the day. Some women stand in that classic fashion pose, with arms at the side and one leg in front of the other, or sitting with one leg elegantly crossed: All designed to make the clothes they wear look attractive.
    street_mannequins-21-05-1999.jpg
  • A solitary person walks over wasteland in Liverpool, England, left after housing was demolished decades ago - its impoverished population having moved out for a better life elsewhere. the sign tells us the name of this road but paint has been daubed over it in an attempt perhaps, to erase its identity now that the community has gone too. Billboards for consumer goods are on show for  non-existent shoppers.
    liverpool_dereliction04-08-08-1991.jpg
  • An elderly 1990s Polish lady struggles along a street and past a cafe whose walls are crumbling - the heritage of polluted communist decades, on 15th July 1990, in Krakow, Poland. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    poland_elderly-15-07-1990.jpg
  • A teenage girl smiles in summer sunshine while sitting on a seafront deckchair in the early nineteen sixties.
    sixties_archive12-20-08-1962.jpg
  • The kitchen of an abandoned in the former Russian Soviet army camp in occupied East Germany (ex-GDR/DDR), on 16th June 19990, on Halb Insel Wustrow, near Rostock, Germany. The occupants appear to have left in a hurry - or were careless enough to leave possessions and fresh fruit, now rotting on the kitchen table.
    soviet_village-16-06-1990.jpg
  • A nineties sweet shop keeper makes a phone call and works out a price using a store calculator, in a shop called The Sugar Boy, on 18th May 2000, in Canterbury, Kent, England.
    shop_keeper01-18-05-2000.jpg
  • A waiter serves a pot of tea at his outdoor cafe in the Italian capital, on 3rd November 1999, in Rome, Italy.
    rome_cafe_people-03-11-1999.jpg
  • Crews from around the UK and Ireland compete in the annual Great River race on the river Thames, on 23rd September 1995, in London England.
    river_race-23-09-1995_1.jpg
  • Before it erupts into a full-scale riot, families protest against Margaret Thatcher's Poll Tax policy, on 31st March 1990, in Trafalgar Square, London, England. Subsequently, angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot05-01-04-1990.jpg
  • A villager lays fresh straw over the roof rafters of a building with the backdrop of Himalayan foothills and snow-tipped mountain peaks, on 10th November 1995, in Ghorepani, Himalayas, Nepal,
    nepal-10-11-1995_2.jpg
  • An physical education instructor tests an army recruit for concussion after a bout of Milling, a test of aggression that  recruits must pass before qualifying as a paratrooper in the Para Regiment of the British Army, on 23rd July 1996, at Aldershot, England. The controversial Milling tradition unique to the Paras is a test for young men to prove they have a killer spirit by a timed gloved one-to-one boxing fight. Within that time, they have to punch as fiercely as possible, often resulting in blooded noses and temporary concussion.
    milling_paras-23-07-1996.jpg
  • Young men stretch for the ball while playing Beach Volleyball beneath a palm tree, on 15th May 1996, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
    miami_beach-15-05-1996_7.jpg
  • A couple on a first floor bar's balcony enjoy good views overlooking Miami Beach, on 15th May 1996, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
    miami_beach-15-05-1996_6.jpg
  • A wealthy Latino couple enjoy the beach as a man carrying possessions walks past, on 15th May 1996, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
    miami_beach-15-05-1996_4.jpg
  • Hong Kong Chinese walk beneath the ImmigrationTower in Central, a year before the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 29th March 1996, in Hong Kong, (then a British colony but latterly, China).
    hong_kong_immigration-29-03-1996_2.jpg
  • Police officers look at the large corporate banners about the future of Hong Kong hang over the entrance of the HSBC bank in Central, the day after the Handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong_handover-30-06-1997_3.jpg
  • A couple enjoy an intimate moment at an outdoor cafe in central London, on 21st September 1999, near Old Bond Street, london, England.
    happy_couple-21-09-1999_1.jpg
  • Evening dinner is served by candlelight in the Domaine de Rennebourg, a gite property in south-western rural France, on 15th October 1997, in Saint-Denis-du-Pin, Charente-Maritime, France
    french_gite-15-10-1997_1.jpg
  • The Earl Spencer, brother to Diana Princess of Wales, meets the public allowed in to the family ancestral home, Althorp, the year after his sister's death in 1997, on 21st May 1998, in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England.
    earl_spencer-21-05-1998_1.jpg
  • Six months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a Trabant car sits wrecked on the corner of Mollstrasse and Hans-Beimler-Strasse in east Berlin (former DDR), on 1st June 1990, in Berlin, Germany. The DDR-produced Trabant suffered poor performance, but its smoky two-stroke engine regarded with affection as a symbol of the more positive sides of East Germany. Many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in their Trabants after the opening of the Berlin Wall. It was in production without any significant change for nearly 30 years. The name Trabant means "fellow traveler" in German.
    DDR_trabant-01-06-1990.jpg
  • Gentlemen fans of cricket enjoy drinks and a day out during the test match between England and New Zealand on 21st August 1999, at the Oval ground, south London, England.
    cricket_people-21-08-1999_3.jpg
  • A businessman pauses beneath one of the symbolic Griffin marking the southern limit of the City of London, at the Southwark side of London Bridge, on 21st June 1997, in London, England.
    city_businessman-21-06-1997.jpg
  • Low tide mud and silt with old wharves on the River Neckinger that once flowed from south London into the Thames at Bermindsey and once the inspiration for the end scenes of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, on 19th June 1994, in Bermindsey, London, England. During subsequent redevelopment, the warves became expensive riverside apartments, the waters once again freed from 20th century dereliction.
    butlers_wharf-19-06-1994_1.jpg
  • Sunbathers and a lifeguard enjoy the poolside during the August heatwave, on 20th August 1995, at Brockwell Lido, Herne Hill, London, England.
    brockwell_lido-20-08-1995.jpg
  • Months after the fall of the Berlin wall and the collapse of the communist GDR state (the German Democratic Republic), the wreckage of a Trabant car still remains, on 15th June 1990, in Berlin, Eastern Germany. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    GDR_trabant01-15-06-1990.jpg
  • In Windsor Great Park's Long Walk across the landscape a hose gallops during a 3-day cross-country event, held annually on Her Majesty the Queens's property, on 16th June 1994, in London, England. The Long Walk was commenced by Charles II from 1680-1685 by planting a double avenue of elm trees. The park was, for many centuries, the private hunting ground of Windsor Castle and dates primarily from the mid-13th century. Now largely open to the public, the parkland is a popular recreation area for residents of the western London suburbs. The Copper Horse is a statue marking the end of the Long Walk at Snow Hill in Windsor Great Park in the English county of Berkshire. The walk begins at the George IV Gateway at Windsor Castle. The Copper Horse is a statue of George III on horseback, and is said to represent George as an emperor in the Roman tradition riding without stirrups, along the lines of the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius.
    windsor_great_park-16-06-1994.jpg
  • Display boxes at the launch of Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system software, sold at midnight on 23rd August 1995, in Croydon, London, England.
    windows_95-23-08-1995_2.jpg
  • The launch of Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system software, sold at midnight on 23rd August 1995, in Croydon, London, England.
    windows_95-23-08-1995.jpg
  • Display boxes at the launch of Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system software, sold at midnight on 23rd August 1995, in Croydon, London, England.
    windows_95-23-08-1995_1.jpg
  • The floral memorial shrine in memory of two young victims killed by an IRA bomb in the centre of Warrington, Cheshire, England, on 27th February 1993, in Warrington, England. Two small bombs exploded in litter bins outside a Boots store and a McDonald's restaurant, killing two children and injuring many other people. Although a warning or warnings had been sent, the area was not evacuated in time. Both attacks were perpetrated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Three-year-old Johnathan Ball died at the scene, while his babysitter survived. The second victim, 12-year-old Tim Parry, who received the full force of the blast, was gravely wounded but died weeks later.
    warrington_bombing-27-02-1993.jpg
  • The floral memorial shrine in memory of two young victims killed by an IRA bomb in the centre of Warrington, Cheshire, England, on 27th February 1993, in Warrington, England. Two small bombs exploded in litter bins outside a Boots store and a McDonald's restaurant, killing two children and injuring many other people. Although a warning or warnings had been sent, the area was not evacuated in time. Both attacks were perpetrated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Three-year-old Johnathan Ball died at the scene, while his babysitter survived. The second victim, 12-year-old Tim Parry, who received the full force of the blast, was gravely wounded but died weeks later.
    warrington_bombing-27-02-1993_1.jpg
  • A waiter pours hot water from a silver urn for tea during an afternoon tea dance at the Waldorf Hotel's Palm Court, Waldorf Hilton Hotel, Aldwych., on 16th March 1997, in London, England.
    waldorf_waiter-16-03-1997.jpg
  • Judges measure giant runner beans at the annual Vegetable Olympics, on 30th September 1994, at Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. Sponsored by Garden News Magazine and hosted by a nursery owner,  these vegetables have their growth accelerated by special fertilizers and genetic hormones.
    vegetable_olympics-30-09-1994_1.jpg
  • A portrait of Tate Director Nicholas (Nick) Serota during the redevelopment phase of the Turbine Hall at the former power station now known as Tate Modern art gallery, on 6th March 1998, on London's Southbank, England.
    tate_construction-06-03-1998_1.jpg
  • Old Soviet parade ground murals show the physical style of Russian marching techniques in the former Russian Soviet army camp in occupied East Germany (ex-GDR/DDR), on 16th June 19990, on Halb Insel Wustrow, near Rostock, Germany. Wustrow was once a WW2 German anti-aircraft artillery position then housing civilian refugees before the eventual Soviet occupation of the former DDR during the Cold War, up until 1990 and the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall. The camp was ransacked and all its assets stripped before its desertion that summer and is a reminder of a fallen ideology
    soviet_village-16-06-1990_3.jpg
  • Old Soviet parade ground illustrations show self-defence positions for Russian soldiers in the former Russian army camp in occupied East Germany (ex-GDR/DDR), on 16th June 19990, on Halb Insel Wustrow, near Rostock, Germany. Wustrow was once a WW2 German anti-aircraft artillery position then housing civilian refugees before the eventual Soviet occupation of the former DDR during the Cold War, up until 1990 and the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall. The camp was ransacked and all its assets stripped before its desertion that summer and is a reminder of a fallen ideology
    soviet_village-16-06-1990_2.jpg
  • Before the area was completely redeveloped with a pleasure fairground, 1990s sunbathers stretch out on bare grass on the seafront that still shows its heyday landscape, on 2nd August 1993, at Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.
    southend_landscape-02-08-1993.jpg
  • An inspection by the Thames Water Utilities sewer cleaning team looks closely at Victorian-era brick wall linings of the Fleet River's Victorian-built storm sewer of Blackfriars, beneath the streets of the City of London, on 19th June 1994, in London, England. Discarded fats from restaurants congeal in sewer networks leading to blocked pipework. Sewer men shovel the deposits and bring them in vats to the surface. In the early 19th century the River Thames was practically an open sewer, with disastrous consequences for public health in London, including numerous cholera epidemics with the The Great Stink of 1858 a turning point. Intercepting sewers constructed between 1859 and 1865 were fed by 450 miles (720 km) of main sewers that in turn conveyed the contents of some 13,000 miles (21,000 km) of smaller local sewers using 318m bricks, 880,000 cubic yards of concrete and mortar and excavation of over 3.5m tonnes of earth.
    sewer_inspection-19-06-1994.jpg
  • Spanish ladies dance Flamenco into the night at a private party in a marquee called a Caseta during the annual Feria de Abril, on 11th June 1999, in Seville, Andalucia, Spain. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
    seville_feria_party-11-06-1999.jpg
  • Spanish ladies feast at a private party in a marquee called a Caseta during the annual Feria de Abril, on 11th June 1999, in Seville, Andalucia, Spain. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
    seville_feria_party-11-06-1999_3.jpg
  • A young boy looks carefully at the many saucy postcards on sale outside a seaside shop, on 19th July 1993, in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. Telling jokes to send back to friends and family, they using cartoon characters of buxom women, hen-pecked husbands or sexually-frustrated young men, the humour is bawdy and cheeky - the epitome of seaside holiday kitsch. The best-known saucy seaside postcards were created by Bamforths (founded 1870) and despite the decline in popularity of postcards that are overtly tacky, postcards continue to be a significant economic and cultural aspect of British seaside tourism. In the 1950s, Bamforth postcards were among the most popular of the 18 million items purchased at British resorts.
    saucy_postcards-21-08-1993.jpg
  • Six months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a young man sells memorabilia and merchandise from the former DDR (DGR) at a market stall near the Brandenburg Gate, on 1st June 1990, in Berlin, Germany.
    selling_DDR-01-06-1990.jpg
  • A royal warrant crest located at the entrance of a business in the wealthy Mayfair district of the capital, on 16th March 1997, in London, England. Royal warrants indicate that a shop or supplies the royal household with goods and services - a highly sought-after position guaranteeing quality for a business around the country.
    royal_warrant-16-03-1997.jpg
  • The Sovereigns passing-out parade at the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, on 16th June 1996, at Sandhurst, England. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is the British Army officer initial training centre. Sandhurst is prestigious and has had many famous alumni including Sir Winston Churchill, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Sultan Qaboos of Oman and, more recently, Prince Harry and Prince William. All British Army officers, and many from elsewhere in the world, are trained at Sandhurst. RMA Sandhurst was formed in 1947, from a merger of the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich (which trained officers for the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers from 1741 to 1939) and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.
    sandhurst_horse-16-06-1996.jpg
  • A royal warrant crest located at the entrance of a business in the wealthy Mayfair district of the capital, on 16th March 1997, in London, England. Royal warrants indicate that a shop or supplies the royal household with goods and services - a highly sought-after position guaranteeing quality for a business around the country.
    royal_warrant-16-03-1997_1.jpg
  • East End crowds flock at the funeral of notorious gangland brother Ronnie Kray, on 29th March 1995, in Bethnal Green, East London, England.
    ronnie_kray's_funeral-29-03-1995_4.jpg
  • Notorious gangland sibling Reggie Kray wears handcuffs during his day-release from prison for the funeral of his twin brother Ronnie, on 29th March 1995, in Bethnal Green, East London, England.
    ronnie_kray's_funeral-29-03-1995.jpg
  • Floral tributes at the graveside of notorious gangland brother Ronnie Kray, on 29th March 1995, in Bethnal Green, East London, England.
    ronnie_kray's_funeral-29-03-1995_3.jpg
  • East End crowds flock at the funeral of notorious gangland brother Ronnie Kray, on 29th March 1995, in Bethnal Green, East London, England.
    ronnie_kray's_funeral-29-03-1995_2.jpg
  • A Catholic priest shades his eyes from the sun while walking through St. Peter's Square with St. Peter's Basilica in the background, on 3rd November 1999, in Vatican City, Rome, Italy.
    rome_priest-03-11-1999.jpg
  • A long-exposure shows the headlights of night-time traffic of scooters and cars on Via Cavour in the Italian capital, on 3rd November 1999, in Rome, Italy.
    rome_traffic-03-11-1999.jpg
  • A plastic drinks bottle hangs from a food kiosk opposite ancient Roman archaeology in the Italian capital, on 3rd November 1999, in Rome, Italy.
    rome_drink-03-11-1999.jpg
  • A cafe customer reads his copy of the English language Herald Tribune newspaper in the Italian capital, on 3rd November 1999, in Rome, Italy.
    rome_cafe_people-03-11-1999_4.jpg
  • A cafe couple read a copy of Correre della Sera newspaper and a womens' magazine in the Italian capital, on 3rd November 1999, in Rome, Italy.
    rome_cafe_people-03-11-1999_3.jpg
  • A cafe couple read a copy of Correre della Sera newspaper and a womens' magazine in the Italian capital, on 3rd November 1999, in Rome, Italy.
    rome_cafe_people-03-11-1999_2.jpg
  • A cafe customer reads his copy of the English language Herald Tribune newspaper in the Italian capital, on 3rd November 1999, in Rome, Italy.
    rome_cafe_people-03-11-1999_1.jpg
  • A scooter rider gets close to a traffic policeman during an altercation in the Italian capital, on 3rd November 1999, in Rome, Italy.
    rome_argument-03-11-1999.jpg
  • Crews from around the UK and Ireland compete in the annual Great River race on the river Thames, on 23rd September 1995, in London England.
    river_race-23-09-1995.jpg
  • The detail of diagonal rope that holds a ship in winter ice, on the Saint Lawrence River, on 11th January 1999, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
    quebec_canada-11-01-1999.jpg
  • The legs and arms of young speed skaters merge during a race at a local track, on 11th January 1999, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
    quebec_canada-11-01-1999_4.jpg
  • A portrait of a tough-looking local authority worker whose winter job is snow removal, on 11th January 1999, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
    quebec_canada-11-01-1999_2.jpg
  • A 1990s lady sits with her pet poodle on a sea wall reading the Sunday Express magazine that features Princess of Wales on the cover, on 19th July 1993, at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.
    poodle_woman-21-08-1993.jpg
  • The clean-up begins the morning after the Poll Tax riot,  on 1st April 1990, in Charing Cross Road, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot04-01-04-1990.jpg
  • A couple kiss near police officers in the middle of the Poll Tax riot in the UK capital, on 31st March 1990, in Trafalgar Square, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot03-31-03-1990.jpg
  • A Porsche car burns fiercely outside the theatre where Will Russel's Blood Brothers is showing, during the Poll Tax riot in the UK capital, on 31st March 1990, in St. Martin's Lane, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot02-31-03-1990.jpg
  • A Porsche car burns fiercely outside the theatre where Will Russel's Blood Brothers is showing, during the Poll Tax riot in the UK capital, on 31st March 1990, in St. Martin's Lane, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot01-31-03-1990.jpg
  • A one year-old child is carried by her mother and shown where a sow is bringing up its litter of piglets, at a city farm, on 18th March 1996, in south London, England.
    pig_sty-18-03-1996.jpg
  • Traditional oyster fishing boats in the Fal Estuary, a method unchanged for 500 years, on 4th October 1994, in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Oystermen have harvested on the River Fal in the same traditional and highly sustainable fashion, without the use of mechanical power, for more than five hundred years, being widely grown along the whole Cornish coast when the Romans invaded, and by 1602 they were being caught in much the same way as they are today, using thick, strong nets, called dredges. Byelaws banned oyster dredging by mechanical means, forcing local fishermen to rely on wind and tide in purpose-built, sail-powered Falmouth Working Boats. Although most oyster fishermen in Falmouth have other seasonal jobs, for the most experienced and committed fishermen oysters provide a decent year-round livelihood.
    oyster_fishing-04-10-1994.jpg
  • A traditional oyster fishing boat in the Fal Estuary, a method unchanged for 500 years, on 4th October 1994, in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Oystermen have harvested on the River Fal in the same traditional and highly sustainable fashion, without the use of mechanical power, for more than five hundred years, being widely grown along the whole Cornish coast when the Romans invaded, and by 1602 they were being caught in much the same way as they are today, using thick, strong nets, called dredges. Byelaws banned oyster dredging by mechanical means, forcing local fishermen to rely on wind and tide in purpose-built, sail-powered Falmouth Working Boats. Although most oyster fishermen in Falmouth have other seasonal jobs, for the most experienced and committed fishermen oysters provide a decent year-round livelihood.
    oyster_fishing-04-10-1994_2.jpg
  • Traditional oyster fishing boats in the Fal Estuary, a method unchanged for 500 years, on 4th October 1994, in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Oystermen have harvested on the River Fal in the same traditional and highly sustainable fashion, without the use of mechanical power, for more than five hundred years, being widely grown along the whole Cornish coast when the Romans invaded, and by 1602 they were being caught in much the same way as they are today, using thick, strong nets, called dredges. Byelaws banned oyster dredging by mechanical means, forcing local fishermen to rely on wind and tide in purpose-built, sail-powered Falmouth Working Boats. Although most oyster fishermen in Falmouth have other seasonal jobs, for the most experienced and committed fishermen oysters provide a decent year-round livelihood.
    oyster_fishing-04-10-1994_1.jpg
  • A portrait of a smiling 1990s shop keeper in his sweet store surrounded by jars of confectionery and his traditional pre-digital weighing scales, on 12th June 1992, in Frinton, Essex, England.
    nineties_shop_keeper-12-06-1992.jpg
  • Nineties office workers in the Square Mile - the capital's financial district - eat lunch outside, on 21st June 1997, in Broadgate, London, England.
    office_workers-21-06-1997.jpg
  • With a pair of handcuffs attached to one wrist, an unidentified young woman dances next to a drunk man, on 21st June 1997, in London, England.
    nightclub_woman-21-06-1997.jpg
  • An Anglican vicar shares a joke with a patient whose leg is in plaster, in a ward of the London Hospital, Whitechapel, on 23rd June 1993, in London, England.
    nhs_hospital-23-06-1993_4.jpg
  • An A&E nurse supports the head of an emergency patient wearing a head brace in the London Hospital, Whitechapel, on 23rd June 1993, in London, England.
    nhs_hospital-23-06-1993.jpg
  • A portrait of a masked NHS technician, in the London Hospital, Whitechapel, on 23rd June 1993, in London, England.
    nhs_hospital-23-06-1993_3.jpg
  • A mother holds her baby staying in intensive care, in the London Hospital, Whitechapel, on 23rd June 1993, in London, England.
    nhs_hospital-23-06-1993_2.jpg
  • Children play outside their home with the backdrop of snow-tipped Himalayan mountain peaks, a location also serving as a trekkers' rest house with hot, solar-powered showers, on 10th November 1995, in Ghorepani, Himalayas, Nepal,
    nepal-10-11-1995.jpg
  • A child plays outside its home with the backdrop of snow-tipped Himalayan mountain peaks, a location also serving as a trekkers' rest house with hot, solar-powered showers, on 10th November 1995, in Ghorepani, Himalayas, Nepal,
    nepal-10-11-1995_1.jpg
  • While under general anaesthetic, a patient's mouth is held open during a straightforward tooth-extraction prodecure in Barts Hospital, on 23rd June 1993, in London, England.
    nhs_hospital-23-06-1993_1.jpg
  • An elderly Apache lady patient receives specialist care from a dedicated air ambulance service for Arizona's Native Americans, on 25th August 1998, at Phoenix Native American reservation Hospital, Arizona, USA.
    native_american-25-08-1998.jpg
  • An elderly Apache lady patient receives specialist care from a dedicated air ambulance service for Arizona's Native Americans, on 25th August 1998, at Phoenix Native American reservation Hospital, Arizona, USA.
    native_american-25-08-1998_1.jpg
  • A street signpost and Art Deco architecture on Ocean Drive, Miami, on 15th May 1996, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
    miami_beach-15-05-1996.jpg
  • A Christian homeless man and veteran holds a sign and a coffee cup asks for donations on 15th May 1996, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
    miami_beach-15-05-1996_5.jpg
  • Children playing inside the Miami post office with safety deposit boxes, on 15th May 1996, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
    miami_beach-15-05-1996_2.jpg
  • Aerial view of a adult and child playing in a Miami Beach hotel pool, on 15th May 1996, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
    miami_beach-15-05-1996_1.jpg
  • An aerial view overlooking the Cemiterio de São Miguel Arcanjo (Saint Miguel Catholic Cemetery) the ex-Portuguese colony of Macau's Chinese Christian cemetery of San Miguel, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The cemetery is located right in the middle of Macao island, on Estrada do Cemiterio and host the graves of the old Dutch and Portuguese colonials that helped shape Macau, now one of the world's most densely-populated city. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover.
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  • Local Mecanese (Macau-born Chinese) walk past heritage architecture from the island's colonial Portuguese era, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover.
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  • A group of red uniformed meat market traders manhandle joints of pork from the back of a meat wagon at Macau's main meat market, on the Rua Sul do Mercado de Sao Domingos, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The market is just off the Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, in Central Macau. The men have on hooded red tunics that hide the bloodstains of dead animal carcasses, a very practical choice of colour.  The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover.
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  • A portrait of a worried-looking young boy as he watches a game of basketball with older boys at a local sportsground, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover.
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  • A young girl plays with Mahjong tiles at a night-club, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover.
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  • British Prime Minister John Major waves at his crowd of Tory supporters at a Conservative Party Rally, on 29th April 1997, in London, England.
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  • Hong Kong-born Chinese queue outside ImmigrationTower to apply for naturalisation as British Dependent Territories Citizens, one year before the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 29th March 1996, in Hong Kong, (then a British colony but latterly, China).
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  • A Hungarian lady in deep thought peers through a 1990s window of a hairdressing salon in the Hungarian capital, on 18th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary.
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  • Hong Kong-born Chinese queue outside ImmigrationTower to apply for naturalisation as British Dependent Territories Citizens, one year before the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 29th March 1996, in Hong Kong, (then a British colony but latterly, China).
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  • Hong Kong-born Chinese queue outside ImmigrationTower to apply for naturalisation as British Dependent Territories Citizens, one year before the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 29th March 1996, in Hong Kong, (then a British colony but latterly, China).
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  • The flags of Britain, Hong Kong and Peoples' Republic of China fly together above the streets of Central, the day after the Handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
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