England in Winter: Beautiful Vintage Black and White Photos Capture People Having Fun During Cold Season in the 1960s
England is a beautiful place to visit at any time of year, but there’s something about winter that brings out its true magic. Travel back in time and take a look at how people had fun during winter in England…
Swinging London: A Look Back at Carnaby Street in the Sixties
Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in Soho in the City of Westminster, Central London. It is home to fashion and lifestyle retailers, including many independent fashion boutiques. By the 1960s, Carnaby Street was popular with followers of the…
55 Amazing Black and White Photos Capture Street Scenes of Liverpool in the 1980s
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is the tenth largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom. In the 19th century, Liverpool was a major port…
Fascinating historical photos show families picking hops in the English countryside, 1900-1950
These fascinating black and white pictures show the hop picker families of Kent from the early 1900s. Before mechanization hop-picking was a hugely labor-intensive process. Consequently, farmers needed extra workers. This help came in the form of families, usually women…
24 Interesting Black and White Photos That Document Everyday Life in Britain During the 1970s
Homer Sykes is a Canadian-born British photographer whose career has included personal projects and landscape photography. During his career as well as his commercial magazine assignments Homer has worked on personal photographic documentary projects. These include documenting traditional British folklore customs,…
The innovative construction of London’s Tower Bridge seen through old photographs, 1886-1895
Arguably one of the best-known and most recognizable bridges in the world, Tower Bridge was built in the late nineteenth century and immediately acclaimed as a feat of Victorian engineering. Designed to ease road traffic while maintaining river access, it…