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    30 Vivid Photos From London’s Punk Past

    Punk London is a year-long festival celebrating 40 years of icons and fans in the capital.

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    Toyah Wilcox in Battersea, 1979.

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    Trafalgar Square, and the Pop Group's Margaret Thatcher T-shirt. 1980.

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    Viv Albertine of the Slits and Dennis Morris of Basement 5. 1980.

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    Paul Simonon of the Clash, 1981.

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    Ian Dury (left) and the Pogues' Shane MacGowan, 1982.

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    Kings Road, 1983.

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    King's Road, 1983.

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    1983.

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    The Lost in Music punk photography exhibition runs 5–17 February at the Print Space Gallery, London.