Hot Pants of the 1970s
Hot pants was very brief tight shorts worn by women as an outer garment. Categorized as “short shorts,” hot pants commonly have an inseam length of 2 inches (50 mm) or less. These are short, tight shorts, usually made of…
60 Vintage Photographs Capture Everyday Life in the U.K During the 1960s
These fascinating were taken by photographer David Ayres that documented everyday life of England from the 1960s. Southsea Beach, 1964 Shop window at Plymouth shopping centre, 1965 The Cenotaph, December 1965 Torpoint Ferry, June 1965 Bond’s, Preston, 1966 Central Pier, Blackpool, 1966…
The Way We Were: 33 Vintage Photographs of Children Playing in the Past That We Could Have Lost Today
What is your favorite toy? What games do you like to play? Do you think that children in the past had the same toys and played the same games as you? Check out how children played in the past through…
30 Vintage Photos Show What Kids Used to Do For Fun in the 1950s
For contemporary children, it may be difficult to imagine kids having fun in the 1950s. Not only were there were no video games, even children’s television programming operated at a bare minimum, with the medium still in its infancy at…
Beautiful Vintage Photos of London in 1961
These stunning images were taken by Charles Weever Cushman, an amateur photographer, during his holiday in London with his wife in 1961. The bustling life in the capital city was captured vividly through them. Let’s take a look back: Swarm…
Life in Soho During the 1950s
Take a look back at the district in the ‘50s through 16 fascinating vintage black-and-white photographs below: The Barbour Brothers from Blackpool strolling down Shaftesbury Avenue, 1952. (Chris Ware) Londoners relaxing during a summer heat wave at St Anne’s…
Britain From Above: 20 Amazing Historic Aerial Photographs of Britain Taken From Between the 1920s and 1940s
These pictures, of Britain from above, are a knockout. Featuring one of the first taken of the old Wembley Stadium, the images chronicle life from the 1920s through the Blitz. The Britain from Above project conserved 95,000 of the most significant images…
38 Fascinating Vintage Photographs That Capture Kids Finding Fun on the Streets in Postwar London Rubble
In the summer of 1954, the streets of London were overrun with rambunctious kids enjoying their time off from school. Photographer Thurston Hopkins took note of the chaos and followed along with several gangs of hyperactive moppets, snapping shots as…
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…
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…