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31 Amazing Photos of the London Underground From the 1950s and 1960s

Here is an amazing photo collection that shows underground system in London from between the 1950s and 1960s.

1. London Underground rat-catchers with their net and ferrets, ca. 1950.

2. A group of women cleaning one of London’s underground tunnels, 1952.

3. Advertisements being pasted up, 1952.


5. Tube train at Picadilly Circus, 1952.

6. Liverpool Street, 1952.

8. Underground fluffers, 1954.

9. Underground life, 1955.

10. All-night dancing, 1955.

12. Piccadilly Circus, 1956.

14. Rush hour, London Bridge, 1956.

21. Publishing liberalized, 1960.

22. Frenchman in London, 1963.

24. Mystery package, 1964.

25. Sikh underground, 1964.

26. Piccadilly Circus, 1966.

28. Tea on the Tube, 1968.

29. Station telephones, 1968.

30. Foot sore, 1969.

31. Bus queue, 1969.