Уличный фотограф выслеживал своих жертв

40 лет назад фотограф Крис Порсз начал снимать портреты незнакомых людей на улицах своего родного города Питерборо в Англии. В течение последних нескольких лет Порсз выслеживал людей и просил их позировать перед его камерой для воссозданные старых снимков, которые были сделаны десятилетия назад. Крис назвал свой проект «Reunions» (воссоединения).

Некоторых людей было легко найти, в то время как других приходилось разыскивать, играя в детектива.

Проект представляет собой удивительную подборку снимков, демонстрирующих то, как люди меняются на протяжении многих лет своей жизни. Меняется не только внешность, но и вкусы в одежде. Фотографии представляют собой захватывающую коллекцию историй жизней и отражают не только людей, но и показывают, как меняется весь город.

Chris Porsz опубликовал фотографии в виде книги под названием Reunions, которая доступна за £18,50 в Великобритании и £32 на международном уровне.

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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture titled Ice cream Seller – Original pic 1980 Genesio (Gino) Borrillo bought an ice cream van when he moved to Peterborough from Italy and travelled around the city in the summer selling ice cream. In 1992 he set up a pasta shop in Peterborough, which he still runs with his daughter. Gino is married and has three children and four grandchildren. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture titled Tourist Information - Original pic 1982. Brother and sister Rose and Stuart Budnik were parked in a pram outside the Tourist Information in Peterborough when Chris took their photo in 1982. Now Rose has three daughters and Stuart is a policeman and has a son. They both live in Peterborough and meet up now and again. Stuart said: “I think I was about five years old in the photo.” An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture shows Flute Player – Original pic 1986 For many years Neil wandered around Peterborough town centre and played the flute outside the Co-op bank in Westgate. When the book went to print he had not been seen for several months. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) The first picture Chris took is titled Railway Kiss – Original pic 1980 .Tony Wilmot was snapped saying goodbye to his girlfriend Sally at Peterborough Railway Station in 1980 and a year later they got married. Tony was 22 and working in Essex as a teacher and Sally was 21 and based in Stafford as a local government officer. On this occasion they had met up in Peterborough and had no idea the photo had been taken. It appeared over 30 years later in a local paper the Peterborough Evening Telegraph and was seen by Tony's father. The pair, who are now both headteachers and live in Lichfield, Staffordshire, have two children Tom and Jenny who are themselves in their twenties. Tony Wilmot was snapped saying goodbye to his girlfriend Sally at Peterborough Railway Station in 1980 and a year later they got married. Tony was 22 and working in Essex as a teacher and Sally was 21 and based in Stafford as a local government officer. On this occasion they had met up in Peterborough and had no idea the photo had been taken. It appeared over 30 years later in a local paper the Peterborough Evening Telegraph and was seen by Tony's father. The pair, who are now both headteachers and live in Lichfield, Staffordshire, have two children Tom and Jenny who are themselves in their twenties. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognis
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture titled Queuing for the phone – Original pic 1980 (Left-right) John Morris, Paul Barnard and Andrew Pollard were seen queuing up to use the phone in Cattle Market Road in Peterborough in 1981. The school friends used to hang out together at weekends and often cycled into the city centre on their bikes. Now the phone box has been swapped for an ATM machine. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture titled Hairdressers Shop – Original Pic 1980 Dressed in a fur jacket and gloves, Sandra Burford was pictured going into a hairdressers in Peterborough in 1980. She said: “I used to go there occasionally to have my hair cut by the apprentice, because it worked out a bit cheaper.” An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture titled Banana Girl – Original Pic 1985 Jennifer Hall worked on the fruit and vegetable stall at Peterborough Market on Saturdays for about four years. She said: “I think I was about 17 when Chris took my photo. I was aware that someone was taking my picture at the time but I wasn’t sure who or what it was for. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture titled Jewellery – Original pic 1990. Vicki Gracey (nee Frost) worked as a sale’s assistant at a jewellery store in Queensgate Shopping Centre in Peterborough for two years. She has since had jobs behind bars, in retail, hairdressing and restaurants and currently deals with tenancy sustainability. She still lives in the city and is married with two children. “I’m a people person and I’ve always had jobs which involve working with the public,” she said. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture titled 92 Cromwell Road – Original pic 1980. Zaroob Hussain was three years old when Chris spotted him peering through the gate of 92 Cromwell Road. Amazingly Chris tracked him down when he attended a 999 call in a nearby clothes shop where a woman had fallen. Afterwards he asked her husband if he recognised the little boy in the photo and said he lived down the road. As he pointed out the window Zaroob happened to walk by. Zaroob now has three children and works in a takeaway in King’s Lynn. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture shows Nobby - Original pic 1980. Scotsman Michael Ross, affectionately known as Nobby, lived in a bus shelter in Peterborough for 10 years in terrible conditions after his house burnt down. Nobby, who used to be a head teacher, was given some golf clubs by a passer-by and indulged in his passion by sneaking onto the local course. Local residents thought he had died when he went into sheltered housing around 10 years ago and gave up his bus shelter home. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture shows Punks on steps – Original pic 1980 (left-right) Friends John Church, Kim Guest, Gary Wymer, Mirko Obradovic, Ade Lawrence, Sean Adams and Mark Winsworth were pictured on the steps of Cathedral Square in Peterborough in the early 80’s. John is now a painter and decorator and plays in a band with Ade, who is now a bin man. Kim and Sean have died and Mirko works in a brickyards. Gary was working as a butcher when the original picture was taken. In his early 20s he almost died after hitting his head on a bridge as he was cruising down the River Nene with friends. He was in a coma for a week but made a complete recovery. He went on to travel around the world, teaching English in Turkey and later settling in Colchester in Essex, where he now runs an industrial cleaning company An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture shows Star Road – Original pic 1982/ Sisters Maria (left) and Annamarie (right) Plavecz were photographed in Star Road in Peterborough in 1982. The siblings, who have a Hungarian father, both now work as carers. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture shows Out from behind the Curtains – Original pic 1980 (left-right) Shehnaz Begum, her twin sister Rukhsana and their older sister Itrat were spotted sitting in the window of their house at 100 Cromwell Road in Peterborough in 1980. “We often used to perch in the window and watch what was going on in the road,” said Shehnaz. “My twin sister and I were about seven and Itrat was nine. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture titled Double Bubble -Original pic 1980 Sisters Anna (left) and Emma Hankins posed for a picture blowing bubbles with Hubba Bubba chewing gum in Bridge Street in Peterborough in 1980. Anna was 11 and Emma was 13 and the girls were waiting for their mum whilst she was shopping. The siblings, who both went on to have careers in hairdressing, are now married and have families. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture titled Metal Mickey – Original pic 1980. Steve Osborn was known as Metal Mickey in the 1980s as he broke both his legs several times in a series of motor biking accidents and had plates and bolts put in them. He said: “I even carried on riding my bike with my leg in a cast!” Steve, who now uses walking sticks to get around, lives in Spalding, Lincolnshire and is married. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture titled Eating Chips – Original Pic 1983 School friends Martin Coulson (left) and Andy Randall were eating chips bought from the arcade which has now been replaced with Wilkinsons in Peterborough.. “I think it must have been a Saturday and we’d been to the chip shop. The chips were a bit like McDonald’s fries and were always good,” said Martin, who was a warehouse manager and is currently re-training. He is married with two children. Andy is a telematics engineer and is married with three children. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture titled Ice Creams – Original pic 1981. Donna Yarnell was five years old when she was photographed with her three-year-old brother Steven licking ice creams in their front garden in Peterborough in 1981. Her family moved out of the house two years later so it brought back lots of memories when the pair returned to the street in February 2015. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture shows Five Boys Running – Original Pic 1980 (left-right )Andy Jackson, Richard Hillson, Devinder Singh, Tony James and Aaron Meadows were around 15 years old in the original picture and running to the chip shop and to play arcade games at the A and B record store in their lunch break. About a year later the all-boys school closed down and their year group was moved to a new school. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture titled Good for Teeth and Bones – Original pic 1983 .Layla Gordon is pictured drinking her daily bottle of milk at Queens Drive Infants School in Peterborough in 1983. She is now a housewife, with a long-term partner and two children and still lives in Peterborough. “I still like milk but sadly it’s not free anymore,” she joked. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS

Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture titled Butcher – Original pic 1980. Richard Price started work at the butchers in Peterborough when he left school at 15 and is pictured here selling meat outside the shop when he was about 17. He worked there for three years. He still lives in the city and works as an entertainer. The butchers shop became a café. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture titled County school girls – Original Pic 1979/ (l-r)Sandra Williams, Carmen Chin and Maureen Mayers were friends from County Grammar School in Peterborough, but lost touch over the years and the school was converted into sheltered housing in 1985. An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
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Picture supplied by Chris Porsz/Bav Media 07976 880732. (Geoff Robinson Photography) Picture shows Pin Badges – Original pic 1970s/ Punks (r-l)John Church, Gary Beckett, Ade Lawrence and Pippa Hodgson were pictured in Cathedral Square in Peterborough in the 1970s, wearing pin badges. John, who is now a painter and decorator in the city, said: “The other lads were school friends and Pippa was a mutual friend, we used to hang out together and listen to punk music. I think I was about 15 and on the verge of becoming a punk.” John is still friends with Ade and they play in a band together. Gary emigrated to Australia, where he works as a project manager and Pippa now lives in Spain An amateur photographer has amazingly tracked down people he snapped on the streets of his hometown 40 YEARS ago and painstakingly recreated more than 130 PICTURES in a remarkable new book. Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the late 1970s and 80s, taking candid shots - without his subjects knowing and without recording their names or phone numbers. Three decades later, Chris, known as the "paramedic paparazzo," decided it would be fun to reconstruct a handful of his favourite photos from the past. Incredibly some of his long-lost subjects recognised themselves after he published their pictures in local and national papers, on his website and on Facebook. The reconstructions were such a success he was determined to do more and has spent the last SEVEN YEARS tracking down the people in his pictures and persuading them to pose once again. His hard work paid off and he has now published his photos in new book "Reunions," which comes out tomorrow (Fri Nov 4). SS COPY CATCHLINE Photos recreated after 40 YEARS
© Chris Porsz