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Lord Leslie Scarman meeting residents in Brixton in October 1986. Scarman's report following the riots affecting the area in 1981 led to an improvement in the relationship between the police and ethnic minority communities.
Photograph: Garry Weaser/The Guardian

An unusual mix of festival goers at the Watchfield Pop Festival, August 1975. The Bishop of Reading conducted Holy Communion on the main stage with a large loaf of bread and two bottles of wine.
Photograph: Kenneth Saunders/The Guardian

A demonstration at the first Festival of Mind and Body at Olympia in April 1977.
Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer

A pensioner protesting in December 1997, after the Government refused to alter cold weather payments to take account of the wind-chill factor.
Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer

School children dressed in Native American costume (1990s).
Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer

Scottish fans celebrating a triumphant win against England in Trafalgar Square in June 1977.
Photograph: Tony McGrath/The Guardian

Teddy Boys at an Elvis Presley tribute in Petticoat Lane, August 1977.
Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer

A group of Indian artists rehearsing for the Sanskritik Festival of Indian Arts taking place in Brighton and the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, July 1986. Photograph: The Guardian

Enjoying a quiet drink in a traditional public house, nd.
Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer

The Palace of Engineering at Wembley being reclaimed by nature in July 1978. It had been built for the 1924 British Empire Exhibition. The Department of the Environment allowed for its demolition.
Photograph: Frank Martin/The Guardian

The young and young at heart enjoying a trip to the seaside at Swansea, nd.
Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer

Protesters at a Filipino demonstration outside the Home Office in March 1982.
Photograph: Martin Argles/The Guardian

The feeling of suspense is too great for one Coventry football supporter who is on his knees during a semi cup final match, nd.
Photograph: Don McPhee/The Guardian

Preparations in Chinatown, London, for the Chinese New Year. 300,000 people were expected to take part in the celebrations on London's streets, February 2008.
Photograph: Martin Argles/The Guardian

The first British Horn Festival held at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London in 1980.
Photograph: Tony McGrath/The Guardian

Costumes ready for the Notting Hill Carnival parade in August 1985.
Photograph: Martin Argles/The Guardian

Contrasting lives: a gypsy camp against the urban backdrop at Shepherd's Bush, 1973
Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer

A Eurostar train at Ashford International railway station in May 1999. International services started on 8 January 1996.
Photograph: Garry Weaser/The Guardian

Albert Dock in Liverpool. The city was named the European Capital of Culture in 2008.
Photograph: Denis Thorpe/The Guardian

Graffiti in Southwark, February 1990, where half of families were thought to be living on less than £100 per week.
Photograph: Frank Martin/The Guardian

Football fans supporting England at a schoolboy international match in March 1985.
Photograph: Roger Tooth/The Guardian

A young girl holding her costume in place for the May Festival celebrations in Wormwood Scrubs, May 1982.
Photograph: Garry Weaser/The Guardian

Bringing the centre of London to a halt in March 1981, protesters formed a ten mile march to highlight the fire attack which killed 13 young black people at a party in Deptford in January that year.
Photograph: Frank Martin/The Guardian

Amusements at the fair ground in May 1956.
Photograph: Robert Smithies/The Guardian

Protesters on a double decker bus outside the week-long meeting of the International Whaling Commission in London, July 2001.
Photograph: Garry Weaser/The Guardian

Demonstrators campaigning for homosexual rights in November 1975.
Photograph: Frank Martin/The Guardian

A couple enjoying the atmosphere and dancing in the street at the Notting Hill Carnival in August 1994.
Photograph: Frank Martin/The Guardian

The annual New Year's Day parade through London, with 'Seymour the Duck' balloon in front of Big Ben, January 2002.
Photograph: Garry Weaser/The Guardian

Ballet dancers practising at the Royal Ballet in October 1987.
Photograph: Martin Argles/The Guardian

Politicians trying their hand at West Indian steel drums. Michael Foot, Leader of the House of Commons, Liberal leader David Steel, and Conservative housing spokesman, Hugh Rossi taking part in an all-party rally against racialism in Trafalgar Square, September 1978.
Photograph: Peter Johns/The Guardian