Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s. And this continues the theme into the following decade:

Camberwell, Lambeth, 1989

Charing Cross Rd, Westminster, 1990

Brompton, Kensington and Chelsea, 1988

Vintage car, Philbeach Gardens, Earls Court, Kensington, Kensington & Chelsea, 1987

GF786Y – Gilbert St Mayfair, Westminster, 1987

Car, Gilbert St, St Anselm’s Place, Mayfair, Westminster, 1987

Albany Rd Brentford, Hounslow

22 St Agnes Place, Kennington, 1981

Milk Cart, Harrow Road, West Kilburn, 1981

Stockwell, Lambeth -1989

Clapham, Lambeth. 1980

Freedom With Anarchy, Aristotle Rd, Clapham, Lambeth. 1980

Car and wall, Yeo St, Bow, Tower Hamlets, 1988

St George’s Wharf, Deptford, Southwark. 1982

Car spares, Cantrell Rd, Bow, Tower Hamlets, 1988

Hoarding, car, West Cromwell Rd, Kensington, Kensington & Chelsea, 1987
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