{"id":194488,"date":"2025-10-12T07:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/194488\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T07:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:51:09","slug":"photographs-capture-life-in-newport-during-the-1980s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/194488\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographs capture life in Newport during the 1980s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The photographs were part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwalesargus.co.uk\/news\/9554234.thousands-view-pics-of-eighties-newport\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the &#8216;Newport Survey,&#8217;<\/a> a documentary photography project by students.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Each year, students were assigned different topics, such as education, religion, family, and industry, and tasked with capturing city life in relation to their topic.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Members of a choir rehearse a Welsh song for the Eisteddfodd in 1988(Image: NQ Archive)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The culmination of their work resulted in a book of the Newport Survey, published annually and unveiled at Newport Art Gallery, John Frost Square.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This book contained a series of photographic essays.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Anward Shahid and her family featured in the Newport Survey 1980(Image: NQ Archive)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In 2011, a series of these pictures was published as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwalesargus.co.uk\/news\/19812089.step-back-1980s\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">project by university tutors.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Document photography senior lecturer Paul Reas, who was a student on the course during the 1980s, appealed for people in the photographs to join them at the exhibition.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Men getting the hairstyle of the day in 1982(Image: NQ Archive)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said at the time: &#8220;The Newport Survey was and is a unique thing.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It\u2019s a historical document and shows how life has changed since the 1980s.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The people in the photographs potentially have some lovely stories to tell.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Check out some of our favourite images capturing life in Newport in the 1980s below.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Members of Newport&#8217;s Youth Council preparing for a sponsored push in 1982(Image: NQ Archive)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Prize winning students prepare for their first prize at Trevethin School&#8217;s Speech Day 1982(Image: NQ Archive)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Young and old characters coming together in John Frost Square 1982(Image: NQ Archive)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>A gardening enthusiast dressing a chrysanthemum to enhance the shape of the bloom in 1985(Image: NQ Archive)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>A female body builder, which was described as the &#8216;latest craze&#8217; for women in 1985(Image: NQ Archive)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>A man with his exotic pets in Newport 1985(Image: NQ Archive)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Rogation Sunday &#8211; it is tradition to bless the fields but in Pill the waters are blessed it is dockland in 1980(Image: NQ Archive)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Family watching &#8216;the box&#8217; strengthened by the advent of teletext video recorders and home computers in 1985(Image: NQ Archive)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>The male voice choir practising in November 1985(Image: NQ Archive)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The photographs were part of the &#8216;Newport Survey,&#8217; a documentary photography project by students. 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