A photo that captures Britain at its finest: "That's my stepdad rocking the sandals-and-socks combo," says the reader who submitted it. "I'm wearing a Royal Wedding T-shirt showing Charles and Diana in punk attire." Photograph: gallix/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: gallix/GuardianWitnessEven on holiday, big hair was a big deal. This shot was taken at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy in 1985. Photograph: ID8288652/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: ID8288652/GuardianWitnessThe psychedelic trance scene was just kicking off in Goa in the 80s - as this "little urchin", sporting a cosmic t-shirt well knows. Photograph: Poppysue/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Poppysue/GuardianWitnessThis photo taken in the summer of 1981 shows the reader and three sisters in front of a classic airport advert, during a stop off on a drive to the south coast to catch the ferry to France. "Not sure why the photo was taken," they say. "I have others in front of hospital signs, shopping centres ..." Photograph: timtop/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: timtop/GuardianWitnessA family portrait in the Indian Himalayas near Manali, taken around 1982. "I remember camping in heavy rain on a trek and waking to a clear morning surrounded by towering snow capped peaks," says Christopher Chambers, or "the bowl cut blond boy with funky trousers." Photograph: Christopher Chambers/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Christopher Chambers/GuardianWitnessA group of friends, one of whom is boasting a mullet to make their mother proud, tuck in to some food in Athens during a post-A-level InterRail trip in 1986. "It was healthier than the McDonalds we seemed to frequent on our month-long trek through 16 countries by train," says the reader. "Still all chipper at this halfway stage, after which we travelled towards the west coast of Norway. Such youthful energy and ambition!" Photograph: edie285/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: edie285 /GuardianWitnessGlastonbury was a different sight in the early 80s. The reader who submitted the photo – the one "sporting the obligatory bowl cut" says: "A bunch of hippies make their pilgrimage to Glastonbury back in the days when it was more about CND than music." Photograph: cole007/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: cole007/GuardianWitnessSteph Solley submitted this photo from 1988, showing her mum and dad with matching perms. "Our annual family holiday to northern Cornwall," she says. "Tight perms and Fat Willy's Surf Shack clearly a firm favourite this year". Photograph: Stephsolley/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Stephsolley/GuardianWitnessOn holiday in New South Wales in 1982: "Rent an old fibro holiday shack, fill it full of friends and drop-ins and live the life over an Aussie summer" Photograph: 1950sview/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: 1950sview/GuardianWitnessA visit to the Spanish colonial Mission San Antonio. "My then five-year-old son pictured with me doesn't remember visiting the Alamo but he visited with me and his late dad in 1985." Photograph: herebutforfortune/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: herebutforfortune/GuardianWitnessA bleary snap taken the morning after in Ibiza 1985, after "a looong beach disco-party ... and me with the mother of all hangovers." Photograph: Technosphere/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Technosphere/GuardianWitnessGetting a push start at Reading Festival in 1981: The journey home is always the hardest. Photograph: TimmRanson/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: TimmRanson/GuardianWitness
