England's high streets championed in photographs

Lloyd Ramos/Source Historic England Archive Sauce bottles in the window of Mannoush, a Lebanese restaurant, in Walthamstow, east LondonLloyd Ramos/Source Historic England Archive
Photographer Lloyd Ramos took this photo from a Lebanese restaurant window in Walthamstow, east London

From the calls of merry market traders to the toots of check-out tills, there are many visuals and sounds that make up a high street in England.

A three-year project by Historic England is looking to preserve these memories in a photograph exhibition to "breathe life back into high streets".

The touring show features 65 images of shops, restaurants and businesses and the "heroes" behind them.

Historic England said they championed an "often-overlooked fixture".

People from across the UK were invited to send in their images and document what their high street meant to them.

A panel then selected their favourite photographs showing "a sense of community, belonging and pride".

Bethany Ann-Hewitt/Source Historic England Archive Shop assistant Gina Morgan inside Teddy Grays sweetshop. DudleyBethany Ann-Hewitt/Source Historic England Archive
Bethany Ann-Hewitt visited Teddy Grays sweetshop in Dudley and took a portrait of shop assistant Gina Morgan
Clair Robins/Source Historic England Archive Brass ensemble plays in shopping street in LeicesterClair Robins/Source Historic England Archive
A brass band plays in Leicester in the run-up to Christmas
Georgie Gibbs/Source Historic England Archive High Street Eats: Fish 'N' Chips in Skegness 2021Georgie Gibbs/Source Historic England Archive
This image of a chippy, taken by Georgie Gibbs in Skegness, was one of 65 photographs selected
Andy Greaves/Source Historic England Archive A snack stall in ChesterfieldAndy Greaves/Source Historic England Archive
Chesterfield's high street also made the selection for the exhibition
Carl Gray/Source Historic England Archive Voodoo Ray's pizza restaurant in Hackney, LondonCarl Gray/Source Historic England Archive
Pizza hang-out Voodoo Ray's in Hackney, London, was captured by photographer Carl Gray

The images will be projected as an outdoor exhibition in locations in London, Derby, Bristol, Hastings, Middlesbrough, Norwich, Bradford and Stoke-on-Trent from 22 March.

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