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.
17. Happy memories
A crowd of children playing in Juvenal Gardens, Liverpool, in May 1971 | Getty Images Photo: Evening Standard
18. 'Blackie' Arts Centre
Children playing outside the 'Blackie' Arts Centre, in Liverpool, in 1973 | Getty Images Photo: Neil Libbert
19. 70s cityscape
A general view looking north west across the Mersey, Liverpool, in October 1970 | Getty Images Photo: RDImages/Epics
20. Nova
A Nova kit car produced by Automotive Design and Development in Accrington, Lancashire, in August 1974 | Getty Images Photo: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive