The International Beauty Show at Folkestone, Kent in August 1913 _ UK
Folkestone is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. In its heyday, during the Edwardian era, Folkestone was considered the most fashionable resort of the time. Edwardian Folkestone was a place determined to make its mark…
Inside the Crown & Thistle, Buckinghamshire in the Late 1960s Through Intimate Vintage Photos _ UK
These intimate photos from Ron Adams captured people at the Crown & Thistle, probably a pub or restaurant in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England in 1968-69. Inside the Crown & Thistle Inside the Crown & Thistle Inside the Crown & Thistle Inside the Crown &…
Fascinating Vintage Photos of British Youth in the 1950s _ UK
Take a look back at the youth, the spivs, the Teddy boys and girls in post-war England in the 1950s through 20 fascinating black-and-white vintage photographs: Four young men at a smart London bar, 1953. (Bert Hardy) A gang member…
A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife in London in 1941 _ UK
Here’s a photo series from the Imperial War Museum showing a daily life of a wartime housewife – Mrs Olive Day – in London. The photographs show some of the grim realities of living in wartime Britain in 1941. Mrs Day wakes…
30 Vintage Photos of the London Underground From Between the 1910s and 1930s _ UK
The photographs featuring tube strikes, carriage redesigns, passenger complaints, ticket machines and air raid shelters… Hammersmith Broadway, 1910. The interior of a District Line Underground carriage, 1911. The ticket hall of Liverpool Street Station, 1912. The platform of the Central…
25 Amazing Black and White Photographs of London in the Swinging Sixties Era _ UK
The era of the 1960s is synonymous with dramatic political and social revolution and change. This decade saw the conservatism and restrictions of the preceding post war 1950s give way to a more radical libertine generation committed to fostering utopian…
20 Beautiful Black and White Photos That Show Britain Transformed Into a Winter Wonderland _ UK
There’s something about a blanket of snow that just makes winter feel extra special. In December, workers rushed to their office windows to document the first snowfall of the season. So how did the country cope with it before the…
55 Old photographs That Document Daily Life of Suffolk, England During Edwardian Era _ UK
Suffolk is an East Anglian county of historic origin in England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich;…
One of England’s Greatest Comedians: 27 Vintage Photographs of Peter Sellers in the 1960s and 1970s _ UK
Peter Sellers was born in Southsea, Hampshire, in southern England, where by chance his parents were performing in a local vaudeville show, on September 8, 1925. His father was William Sellers, a pianist and musical director, and his mother was…
Idyllic vintage photographs capture the rustic rural life in Victorian England, 1857 _ UK
“Window Call.” These idyllic photographs, taken by William Morris Grundy, capture the rural life in England during the Victorian era. Born in Birmingham in 1806, Grundy took up photography in 1855 and made dozens of stereoscopic photos, primarily posed genre…