Vintage Britain

“Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain - which is to say, all of it. Every last bit of it, good and bad - Marmite, village fetes, country lanes, people saying 'mustn't grumble' and 'I'm terribly sorry but', people apologizing to me when I conk them with a nameless elbow, milk in bottles, beans on toast..seaside piers, Ordnance Survey maps, crumpets, hot-water bottles, drizzly Sundays - every bit of it." Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson
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The London We Once knew
BT Tower, London, under construction, 1960s (TCB_346 T161) by Connected Earth on Flickr.
Fawn Velveteen
The Savoy Hotel, 1900. Scan your own old photos for framing or sharing with Pic Scanner Gold app www.picscannergold.com
Regent Street, London, 1860
Regent Street, London, 1860. Scan your own old photos for framing or sharing with Pic Scanner Gold app www.picscannergold.com
Victorian London - mostly via the Thomas Pitt series and the William Monk series by Anne Perry
The Bridges of Old London
Westminster Bridge, c. 1910. The third bridge built over the Thames, after London and Putney Bridges #tram #london Save your past. Scan photos with iPhone or iPad + Pic Scanner Gold app www.picscannergold.com
Victorian Street Life in London
Victorian London omnibus drivers - one or two were arrested by Inspector Minahan
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15 Victorian Photos Of The London Underground Being Built
Metropolitan District Railway construction, 1866.Victorian Photos Of The London Underground Being Built
Old London Street Scenes (1903)
Traffic congestion in Edwardian London. Made over 100 years ago, this footage shows a number of scenes shot around central London, taking in locations such as Hyde Park Corner, Parliament Square and Charing Cross Station. We see crowds of people disembarking from a pleasure steamer at Victoria Embankment, pedestrians dodging horse-drawn carriag...
The Loneliness Of Old London
Alone at Marble Arch, c. 1900
The Thames Of Old London
The Thames of Old London (more photos if you click through) - Spitalfieldslife.com
History In Pictures on Twitter
A Lamplighter doing his rounds, London, 1962 (Yes, 1962. Not 1862!) Preserve your personal history with Pic Scanner app for iPhone and iPad www.apple.co/picscanner