It makes us want to go back to the 80s (Picture: SWNS)

Russell Boyce, 60, went to the Star and Garter pub in Hull, East Yorkshire, every lunchtime as an art school student, using his 35mm camera to capture locals enjoying pints.

And now, 39 years later, after working as a photographer for news agency Reuters, he returned to his old haunt to recapture similar scenes, with the aim of showing how life inside had changed.

Russell said the port city had been in ‘decline’ during the 80s, and most of the people who frequented the bar were ‘retired old fishermen or those out of work’.

But he said locals, who at first ‘teased’ him about his attempts to take pictures, had later largely ignored him, which allowed him to capture them intimately.

Decades later, he revisited his former haunt in 2022 to capture the ‘friendly old boys’ who frequented the bar in the same position they were snapped in 1983.

His striking images contrast the black and white original scenes with the modern day colour setting, making it appear as if the regulars have returned for another pint.

Russell holds the original pictures against the 2022 scenes to show how things have changed (Picture: Russell Boyce/SWNS)

The picture taken in 1983 in the pub shows manager Johnny Walker (Picture: Russell Boyce/SWNS)