From Punk rockers in the West End to bankers in bowler hats in the City, these incredible images capture the mood of a bygone era in London during the 1970s.
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| Punks draw stares in 1976. (Picture: Rex) |
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| London buses beneath the advertising hoardings at the famous interchange Piccadilly Circus. (Picture: Getty) |
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| There was no escaping pigeons in Trafalgar Square, even in 1970. (Picture: Rex) |
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| Bunny Girls in costume pose on the roof of the Playboy Club, London in 1976. (Photo by Aubrey Hart/Evening Standard/Getty Images) |
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| A businessman walks past an Evening Standard billboard as he leaves Bank tube station in 1972. (Picture; Rex) |
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| A Harvest Festival at St Martin-in-the-Fields in around 1970. (Photo By RDImages/Epics/Getty Images) |
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| Oxford Street in 1970. |
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| The new Leicester Square after it was was given a makeover for the Queens Silver Jubilee in 1977. |
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| Euston Station in 1978. (Picture: Rex) |
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| Star Wars being shown at a central London cinema in 1977. |
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| Punks in the West End in 1977. (Picture: Rex) |
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| A laundrette in Kensington in 1974. (Picture: Rex) |
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| Londoners were given discounts as London Transport celebrated the 25th anniversary of its sightseeing tour in 1976. |
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| Teenagers rolling with the skateboarding craze in central London. (Picture: Rex) |
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| Carnaby Street in 1978. (Picture: Rex) |
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| Pictures being advertised for development for 5p in 1976. (Picture: Rex) |
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| Two women looking at dresses in 'Stop the Shop' in Chelsea in 1971. (Picture: Rex) |
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| Barman Ray Curry serving customers at 5am in London's newest pub, The Apple and Pears, at the new Covent Garden in Nine Elms in 1975. |
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| An art installation with wire rods in bricks in 1970. |
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| Cheapside in 1970. (Picture: Rex) |
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| Two Policewomen on horseback in Westminster in 1970. (Picture: Rex) |
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| Children play in a burnt out car on the Stonebridge Estate in 1973. |
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| An elderly couple tuck into their strawberries and cream at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in 1971. (Picture: Rex) |
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| Traffic around Trafalgar Square in 1977. |
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| Customers queue at a bakery in Peckham. (Picture: Rex) |
(via London Evening Standard)