Incredible Color Photos Captured London’s Street Scenes in 1966
These incredible color photos of London’s street scenes were taken in June, 1966 by American photographer Richard Friedman when he made his first trip to the capital of England. London’s Street Scenes in 1966 London’s Street Scenes in 1966 London’s Street Scenes…
Breathtaking Color Photos Show What Life Was Like in Britain During the Second World War
When Britain went to war on 3 September 1939 there was none of the ‘flag-waving patriotism’ of August 1914. The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. The first eight months…
Beautiful Vintage Kodachrome Photos of Edinburgh and Glasgow in 1961
These fascinating images were taken by Charles Weever Cushman, an amateur photographer, during his trip to Scotland. Cushman arrived at Edinburgh on June 15, 1961 and later made way to Glasgow before jetting off. Take a look at these 18…
40 Vintage Photographs Capture Street Scenes of London’s East End in the Early Post-War Years
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…
30 Interesting Photographs Capture Street Scenes of London in the Early 1980s
The 1980s were an iconic time for the United Kingdom, and London was at the centre of it all. These interesting color photographs below show what London’s street scenes looked like in the early 1980s. Street Scenes of London in…
London in 1979 Through Fascinating Photos
Video- Seemore: London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom. The city stands on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile (80 km) estuary leading to the North…
Rarely Seen Vintage Photographs of a Lost London From Between the 1900s and 1910s
A small collection of rare vintage photographs of London, taken between the 1910s and 1910s, from the Archives of English Heritage. The photographs provide a unique record of whole districts of London as they were vanishing… Arch, Shepherd’s Place, off…
Photographs of Queen Elizabeth when she was a truck mechanic, 1945
Queen Elizabeth II as a mechanic. 1945. At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, many close to the British royal family wanted the Queen Mother and her daughters, princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, then 13 and 9 years old…
Fascinating Vintage Photos of Richmond’s Magical Funfairs in the 1980s
“The Richmond Old Deer Park funfair was situated between a railway line and a main road, with a car park at one end and trees and River Thames at the other. Yet inside this inauspicious setting fairground people created a…
24 Fascinating Black and White Photos That Show a Vibrant London in the 1930s
London in the 1930s tried to be cleaner, more modern and efficient. It was increasingly a city of electric lighting and motor vechicles, rather than gas lighting and horse-drawn vehicles. The Capital’s old problems were being tackled by new public…