23 Vintage Photos of Heathrow Airport, London in the 1950s _ UK
Heathrow Airport is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom, busiest airport in Europe by passenger traffic, fifth busiest airport in the world by total passenger traffic. In 2014, it handled a record 73.4 million passengers, a 1.4 percent increase…
Fascinating Vintage Photos Show What Soho Looked Like in the 1950s _ UK
With rationing still in place from the wartime and your average pub not allowed to stay open past 2.30 in the afternoon, England in the post-war era of the 1940s and 1950s was a pretty stifling place. But against the…
Vintage Photos Capture Inside the ‘Jolly Tar’ Tavern Car, a Real Pub That Ran on Rails in London From the Late 1940s _ UK
The ‘Jolly Tar’ Tavern cars were a novel concept putting the characteristic elements of a country pub into a railway carriage. They ran on the British Railways Southern Region. Passengers bought food and drinks in the cars, which were internally…
Pictures of London Wartime Nightlife Under Blackout Conditions, 1944 _ UK
London under blackout conditions. On September 17, 1944, the blackout was replaced by a partial “dim-out”. The blackout began two days before the war began. Under blackout rules, everyone had to cover up their windows at night with black material….
Beautiful Life of Europe in the Mid-1960s Through Amazing Found Color Slides _ UK
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…
20 Amazing Photos of Bedford Dormobile, the Iconic British Campervan From the 1950s and 1960s _ UK
Campervans in the late 1950s and ’60s are a thing and one of the popular models in that era, at least in the UK, was the Bedford Dormobile. For the uninitiated, Bedfords are the British equivalent of Volkswagen Transporter, otherwise…
Nostalgic Vintage Color Photos of Holidaymakers at Blackpool Beach in 1954 _ UK
Blackpool, the town on the Lancashire coast in England, is well-known for its cemented place as “the archetypal British seaside resort.” Photographs from its heyday show crowds of tourists on the beach and promenade engaging in enjoyable activities such as…
Everyday Life of ’80s London Teenagers Through Fantastic Snapshots _ UK
From clothing to hairstyles, the fashion seemed to be impressive and rather tough in this period. Here is what everyday life of London teenagers looked like in the 1980s. Everyday Life of ’80s London Teenagers Everyday Life of ’80s London…
What Was It Like to Live in the 1920s? Here’s an Amazing Look at Britain Back in the Roaring Twenties _ UK
The 1920s, also known as the ‘Roaring Twenties’, was a decade of contrasts. The First World War had ended in victory, peace had returned and with it, prosperity. The experiences during the War influenced British society, particularly women. During the…
Old Pictures of London in Victorian Era _ UK
1888: Traffic on Regent Circus, now known as Oxford Circus, London, facing east along Oxford Street. In the foreground is a man towing his barrel organ on wheels. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images) A cyclist riding a penny farthing…