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.
21. Canalside warehouses
Weavers' Triangle, Burnley, pictured sometime between 1966 and 1974. This view, looking south-east along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal from Westgate Bridge, shows mills and warehouses lining the canal, with Clock Tower Mills in the distance. | Getty Images Photo: Eileen Deste/English Heritage/Heritage Images
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22. Bird's eye view
An aerial view of the bus station and its environs in Preston, Lancashire, in 1971 | Heritage Images via Getty Images Photo: Aerofilms/Historic England Archive
23. Woolies
Woolworths on Bank Hey Street, Blackpool, pictured during the 1970s or early 80s | Heritage Images via Getty Images Photo: Nicholas Anthony John Philpot/Historic England
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24. Blackpool Pleasure Beach
BlackpoolPleasure Beach seen from above in 1972 | Getty Images Photo: Aerofilms/English Heritage