about the Trowbridge 1984 project

Our Mission

To take a picture every day in 1984 in Trowbridge, a county town in England, and show that life was not like that foretold by George Orwell in the book ‘1984’

  • The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nikon SP f1.4 coupled rangefinder 35mm camera with interchangeable lens c.1950

copies of photographs

Copies of photographs can be obtained from

You can obtain a print of any photograph from the 

Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre, Chippenham 

Their email address is  archives@wiltshire.gov.uk

publications

The photographs have led to the production of a number of books.

  • Trowbridge 1984 Album - a seletion of 366 photographs
  • 12 monthly volumes January - December with over 100 pages of photos and comments in each book.
  • PROOF copies for each month, not for sale