How times change: From the lost Britain of the 1950s and 60s, to the land we know today... before and after shots reveal how this country has been transformed
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Martin Snelling, 44, of Hampshire, has collected more than 6,000 vintage photos from auctions and car boot sales
Slides discovered recently include Queen Mother at show in 1960 and old fashioned high street in St Ives
But photographs taken today show how idyllic village scenes have been transformed over half a decade
Rescued from car boot sales and online auctions, these throw-back images from the 1950s and 60s showcase a long-forgotten Britain and highlight how this country has been changed beyond recognition in the space of a single generation.
Where once there was a bustling city centre and a quaint family-owned chemist, there is now nothing more than a carpark and a charity shop.
If she were alive today, the Queen Mother would barely recognise a lawn in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, where she took a stroll outside an agriculture show in 1960s, in front of cheering crowds.
Today, the building has been transformed into a Toyota garage, while the lawn itself has been tarmacked over as a space to park the display cars. A small verge which borders the main road is all the greenery that is left.