Many streets have become car dominated no-go areas for children

How children lost out to cars in the battle for space on our streets

‘It’s a graphic illustration of the changing face of our streets over the second half of the 20th century.

These pictures show how many of the areas around our homes have been transformed from popular play areas for local children to car-dominated no-go areas.

The photographs, dating from the 1940s to the present, paint a stark contrast with children and families enjoying the freedom of the streets in days gone by, and largely banished in the most recent images….’