We English are a curious breed. Sometimes insular, often eccentric and with curious customs, we seem to differ from our neighbours – it’s probably living on an island that does it.

I’ve tried to show here the “Englishness” that still persists even today in everyday life. yes I suppose I’m looking backward at those traits which existed ‘when I were a lad‘. Things have changed since then. Englishness is different to the young; more football crowds, popstars and nights out perhaps.

Lincoln 2015 ©PDBarton

Lincoln 2015 ©PDBarton

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Agricultural show. 2015 ©PDBarton

Agricultural show. Nottinghamshire. 2015 ©PDBarton

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Euston late 70’s ©PDBarton

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Haxey hood

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Mablethorpe. 2015 ©PDBarton

Man with an owl. Nottinghamshire 2015 ©PDBarton

Liverpool 2015 ©PDBarton

Skegness. 2015 ©PDBarton

Lincoln 2015 ©PDBarton