The Belgian refugees in Britain: A warm reception that turned to resentment, 1914-1918
Belgian refugees on the harbor at Ostend waiting for a boat to take them to England. 1914. The outbreak of war in 1914 left many Belgians homeless and penniless. Germany invaded Belgium on its way to France, sending hundreds of…
Amazing Vintage Photos of the United Kingdom From the Early 20th Century
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Charlie Chaplin in Red Letter Photocards for His Essanay Films in 1915
These Red Letter photocards were for the British release of his Essanay films in 1915. Many times they included the name Charlie into the title, for instance this is from The Champion but in it’s British release Champion Charlie, Work was called Charlie at Work. In…
Family Ride on a Five Seat Bike in England, 1950
Who needs a van when you can ride as a family! How cool is this family circa 1950. Mr. Eric Jewell, of Dukes Avenue, Finchley, London, finds the solution to go with his whole family to the countryside: a five…
The beautiful life of England in the 1960s and some other countries
These recovered Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides from Baldran were taken by noted photographer William P. Gottlieb in Britain and Scandinavia, 1965-1966. “I recovered these Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides from the dumpster, where they had been discard by my neighbor, a retired professional…
28 Amazing Photographs That Capture Street Scenes of Carnaby Street From Between the Late 1960s and Early 1970s
There is no dispute, Carnaby has an iconic heritage. From being the birthplace of Swinging London in the 1960s, the home of Mods, Skinheads, Punks and New Romantics to the street style tribes of today. Carnaby has and always will…
38 Striking Black and White Photographs Capture Everyday Life in Wales in the 1970s
These photographs by Robin Weaver truly capture the essence of life in the South Wales Valleys in the 1970s. They don’t just portray the happy community events of four decades ago, they also capture scenes from an anti-racism protest on…
Old Photos of Londoners’ Street Life in 1877
In 1877, pioneering Scottish photographer and geographer John Thompson made a visit to London. Along with journalist Adolphe Smith, they documented the working class and their life on the streets of England’s capital city. The pair’s complete work was named Street…
27 Fascinating Vintage Photographs That Capture Street Scenes of Edinburgh in the late 1950s
These images show Edinburgh in the late 1950s at a time when the nation was on the cusp of change, when traditional industries were struggling to survive and historic buildings were making way for modern designs. The photographs were captured…
15 Black and White Photographs Capture the Gritty Reality of Life in East London During the Swinging Sixties
From between 1963 and 1969, Steve Lewis, a former photographer for The Sun and the Newham Recorder, captured the East End in all its dilapidated glory. He tilted his lens towards everything from the era’s bomb-site reconstruction to its political graffiti daubed across…