Streets scenes in Kent can go for many years without looking much different, with the buildings staying the same for decades on end.
But there's no better way to guess the age of a photo than looking at the cars.
Borough Green Village Hall and car park in February 1973
The car park behind Marks & Spencer at Canterbury in 1970
The old cattle market car park site in Canterbury, pictured in May 1968, was used latterly for car parking. This unusual view was taken through a bastion on the city wall
The Tanyard car park at Cranbrook in June 1979
An accident in the Dartford Tunnel caused severe tailbacks in January 1981
Drivers are prevented from entering the dockyard at Chatham during a massed gathering of striking workers in 1969
The New Jubilee Way at Dover, sweeping over the port car park in February 1977
A storm flooded the Riding Gate end of Old Dover Road, Canterbury, in July 1953
Medway Hospital and car park in August 1990
A fleet of Kent Messenger company cars in 1970
A Kent Messenger company car in 1970
A car parked outside the Elwick Club, opposite the library in Church Road, Ashford
Cars queuing to cross the Kingsferry Bridge on the Isle of Sheppey in March 1989
The Medway Street car park in Maidstone in a photo taken in 1998
Cars at Maidstone Hospital in October 1989
The Maidstone Hospital car park in May 1991
A Ford Escort outside flats in Northumberland Road, Maidstone, in 1984
The Rootes used car lot in Maidstone, 1985
The Brunswick Street car park in Maidstone, taken in 1996
Cars crossing the Medway bridge in an undated photo from our archive
The junction of Railway Street and Maidstone Road, Chatham, in the late 1960s. Southern Railways was still running the station, as the sign indicates
The car park at Rochester station, pictured in December 1982
October 1969: As the second stage of the Canterbury ring road progresses, the roundabout at St George's Gate was brought into use for the first time
New cars stored at Sheerness Docks in July 1984
St Michaels Road and Crown Quay Lane, Sittingbourne, in 1989
The Romney Place entrance to the Stoneborough Centre car park in Maidstone
The car park of the Civic Centre, Strood, in April 1988.
These pictures from our archive, taken between the 1950s and the 1990s, show old vehicles in often familiar settings on the county's roads and in car parks.
Take a look to see if you can identify the vintage - or just old - cars, which have all either disappeared from our roads or are becoming an increasingly rare sight.
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