Vintage London Photography

The first buses to come into service did so slightly earlier, though – back in London. As soon as the war began, London’s buses were pressed...

Good old Leon and Levy where would I be without them. There is a Police Officer standing on the traffic island in the middle of the photograph, he is probably from POW. On the left is a hoarding surrounding the building site for what was then known as the New Government Offices and is now The Treasury; work was started in 1899 and completed in 1915 so I may be on the cusp here. Lovely bonnets Ladies.

Some of these photos show the street in it’s glory days in the late Sixties, including the polka dotted Mens boutique Lord John. Other places snapped around London include Portobello Road, Pi…

London at the end of Victorian era was the most important city in the world. Take a tour of this city and era with these beautiful pictures of a bygone era.

Photographer Bob Mazzer spent two decades commuting to work and back on the tube. As he travelled, he used his Leica M4 and his own unique perspective to capture Londoners, commuters and tourists as they journeyed through the capital's network of tunnels. Here is a small collection of his work, some of which was first shown in a GLC exhibition at the Royal Festival Hall in the 1980's.

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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. (Photos from doveson2002)

EO Hoppé's revelatory portraits of London life in the first half of the 20th century, now on show at the National Portrait GalleryHoppé Portraits: Society, Studio and Street is at the National Portrait Gallery from 17 February until 30 May

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These evocative snapshots of London were taken by Bernd Loos, who on the way to visit his friends in Liverpool suddenly felt a bit under the...