1920s england

This is another photograph by the Belgian photographer Leonard Misonne and dates from 1899, it shows the view from Lower Regent Street junction with Waterloo Place looking south across Pall Mall to the Duke of York Column. The Guards Crimean War Memorial is in the centre and the Athenaeum Club is at top right. The building on the left was demolished in 1909 and replaced with Cox's Bank, that same building is now a hotel.

Monument Street, London. 1920s look at that light in the middle of the street.

The trams and vehicles date this picture to sometime in the early or mid 1930's. The tram system was swept away from this part of north London when trolleybuses were introduced around 1938. The tram on the far left of the picture is bound for Chalk Farm, where it will terminate. The tram just seen on the far right will probably follow the tracks round the curve into Camden Road. The tube station was opened in 1907 by David Lloyd-George, President of the Board Of Trade and soon to become…

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The last picture in this set shows a boy of about 8 or 9 in the company of two policewomen, who are looking at him benevolently. However, he looks anything but happy and seems to regard the cameraman with suspicion. The photo was taken in the east end of London and that probably means he's from the slums, a poor family, or perhaps no family, and that his life is unlikely to be a bowl of cherries. The Wall Street crash and subsequent great depression are just a few years away, but if he…

London's growth accelerated during the 18th century, and it was the world's largest city from about 1831 to 1925. This growth was aided from 1836 by London's first railways which put small countryside towns within easy reach of the city. The rail network expanded very rapidly, and caused these places to grow whilst London itself expanded into surrounding fields, merging with neighbouring settlements such as Kensington. Rising traffic congestion on city centre roads led to the creation of the…

A collection of awesome color photos of old England in 1928 that you've never seen before

Grid lock in 1920s London

Here we look at 11 historic images from the Historic England Archive.