These beautiful color pictures of the capital of England were taken by an amateur photographer, who was probably a Canadian.

For more fascinating vintage photographs, take a look at Graeme Fernie’s brilliant Flickr site.

Piccadilly Circus

Landseer Lions, Trafalgar Square

Cafe at the top level of the Passenger Building, London Airport

BEA Waterloo Terminal

London Airport Control Tower

Old Sunken Roundabout outside the Heathrow Tunnel (and just south of the Bath Road), London Airport

St James Palace

View down Whitehall from Trafalgar Square (including Big Ben)

Nelson’s Column

Number 10, Downing Street

Royal Festival Hall

Trafalgar Square

View of London Bridge from Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge