Vintage Color Photos of London in 1970s _s21
These pictures were taken by Flickr user AntyDiluvian during his trip to London in September 1973. The capital city was the first stop in a month-long European tour he and his wife took on their own. The man wasn’t impressed…
24 Eerie Black and White Photographs That Show London Fog Scenes From the Early 20th Century _s2uk
London was covered in “fog” at the beginning of the 20th century, culminating in the Great Smog in 1952. The Clean Air Act was implemented in 1956, but the fatalities from the Great Smog are said to have reached 12,000. Here’s…
Wonderful Color Photographs of London Taken on Kodachrome by Chalmers Butterfield, circa 1949 _s2uk
Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, looking at the Holy Trinity Church, and then down to Sloane Square. Grosvenor Chapel viewed from Aldford St. Shaftesbury Avenue from Piccadilly Circus, in the West End of London. Piccadilly Circus looking up Shaftsbury Ave.
40+ Fabulous Demolition Photographs of 1974 Show How Much Notting Hill Has Changed _s2uk
Peter Rachman (1920-1962) was a London landlord in the mid-20th century, active in the Notting Hill area in the 1950s and 1960s. Rachman’s name is so synonymous with bad housing that is included in English dictionaries: Rachmanism: ‘Landlords buying up slums…
Wonderful England in the Early 1950s Taken by Hardwicke Knight _s2uk
Born 1911 in the North London suburb of Stoke Newington, photographer, historian and collector Hardwicke Knight emigrated to New Zealand in 1957 to take up a medical photography position in Dunedin. He lived at Broad Bay until ten months before…
24+ Fascinating Vintage Photos of Soho, London Over the Years _s2uk
Circa 1910: The smallest shop in London at 4 Bateman Street, Soho. The shop, occupied by a cobbler, is six feet long, five feet high and two feet deep. The rent is three pounds a week.(Hulton Archive/Getty Images) 10…
27 Brilliant Photographs Capture Working-Class Life on the Streets of the U.K in the Post-war Era _s2uk
Roger Mayne was one of the outstanding British photographers of the postwar period. He is best known as the photographic poet of London’s dynamic street life in the then dilapidated area of Notting Dale in North Kensington. He photographed one…
31+ Black and White Photos Show King’s Cross-an inner city area of London in the 1950s _s2uk
King’s Cross (also Kings Cross) is an inner city area of London, England. It is the location and namesake of King’s Cross railway station, one of the major gateways into London from the North. Formerly a red light district, the area…
40+ Vintage Photographs Capture Street Scenes of London’s East End in the Early Post-War Years _S2uk
Nigel Henderson (1917-1985) was a British artist and founding member of the Independent Group, but he was also a photographer whose work has been compared to that of Cartier-Bresson and Brassai. Introduced to the art world by his mother Wyn…