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Incredible Pictures of Baby Cages Hanging Outside London Apartment Windows in the 1930s

They were designed in a more innocent age and with the best of intentions. With this wire enclosure, parents didn’t need to leave the house to give their children a healthy dose of sunshine and fresh air. The only problem…

47 Color Photos Show Classic Cars on London Streets during the 1950s

Memories of a time of Britain will reappear through these beautiful vintage photos that captured people and classic cars on London streets during the 1950s. Classic Cars on London Streets during the 1950s Classic Cars on London Streets during the…

80 Historical Photos Of The Greater Manchester Police Vehicles Through The Years

These historical photos are from the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archive that show vehicles police officers often used in the past. Four officers of Bolton Borough Police sit astride their motorcycles Officers of Salford City Police pose…

60 Incredible Vintage Photographs That Capture Everyday Life in Plymouth From the Early 20th Century

Plymouth is a port city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately 37 miles (60 km) south-west of Exeter and 190 miles (310 km) west-south-west of London. Enclosing the city are the mouths of the river Plym and…

Interesting Vintage Photos of HMV’s Sound-Isolating Vinyl Listening Booths From the 1950s

People used to go to record stores and listen to records in a “listening booth”… quite an event! At His Master’s Voice (HMV), customers could buy records and record players, but also listen to the latest songs. In the 1950s, HMV…

36 Fascinating Photographs That Show What London Shops Looked Like in the 1980s

In the 1980s, London still had very many independent corner shops selling a wide variety of goods from premises that had not really changed for many years. Check out these fascinating photographs of London shops about 30 years ago via A…

Found Photos Show Life of a Family At Bruntsfield, Edinburgh in 1954

Bruntsfield is a largely residential area around Bruntsfield Place in Southern Edinburgh, Scotland. In feudal times, it fell within the barony of Colinton. Bruntsfield Place is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) south on the A702 main road from the…

20 Vintage Photos Captured People Gargling to Against the Flu From the Early 20th Century

The flu arrived as a great war raged in Europe, a conflict that would leave about 20 million people dead over four years. In 1918, the flu would kill more than twice that number – and perhaps five times as…

35 Amazing Photos Capture Street Scenes of Ipswich in the 1970s

Ipswich is a historic county town in Suffolk, England. The town is located in East Anglia about 10 miles (16 km) away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern…

23 Extraordinary Photographs That Capture Everyday Life in Northern England During the 1960s

John Bulmer was a pioneer of color photography in the early 1960s working for the Sunday Times Magazine from the very first issue till the 1970s John Bulmer’s superb photographs were taken at a time when the North was undergoing a vast transformation….