They capture familiar faces, forgotten places and local legends from throughout the decade.
This retro picture gallery shows how different streets around the North West, including Blackpool, Burnley, Wigan, Preston, Liverpool and Manchester, looked all those years ago.
It features old pubs and lost shops, plus some of the characters who worked there, and a team of heroes with a head for heights.
Events of the day are captured too, including the Royal Lancashire Show, a very rainy Bickersall Festival, and an It’s a Knockout competition.
Screaming fans at a David Essex concert, Lulu on stage in the panto, and a publicity stunt for the latest James Bond movie are among the other eye-catching photos.
If you’re looking for more 70s nostalgia, why not check out our look at 9 things that made a perfect weekend back then.
9. Royal Lancashire Show
The Royal Lancashire Show, held in Blackpool, in 1970. This photo shows a general view from the main stand with the horse and foal judging in the ring. | Submitted Photo: Submitted
10. Bickershaw Festival
Sheltering in the rain at the Bickershaw Festival in Greater Manchester, in May 1972 | Getty Images Photo: Michael Putland
11. In the playground
Children playing in a playground at Lancashire Hill, Stockport, surrounded by new flats, in April 1970 | Heritage Images via Getty Images Photo: Historic England
12. Panto
Scottish singer and actress Lulu as the eponymous hero in the Christmas pantomime Peter Pan, at the Manchester Opera House, in December 1972 | Getty Images Photo: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive