This is London
Found in the Finisterre (and Geoffrey Fletcher's London) Flickr group, this great set of colour photos show London in all its swinging glory. The 1950s set has a rare pic of the famous 2I's Coffee Bar in action. The 1960s are even better - it's hard to pick a favourite although I love this bit of spiky modernism, and the Post Office Tower when it was brand new. There's a lovely imperfection about them all.
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cor blimey these are absolutely marvelous - thankyou ever so for the pointer
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Posted by: ally | February 14, 2008 09:56 AM
very nice
good find
Posted by: Charlie Gower | February 14, 2008 11:24 AM
Gorgeous collection.
Covent Garden as a working fruit and veg market, smoke coming out of poor old Battersea Power Station's chimneys, and a Lord Mayor's parade that my mum and dad took me to - Tommy Steele threw me one of those plastic Union jacks off the back of a float!
Posted by: spud | February 14, 2008 07:03 PM
Thanks, Anne, these are fantastic - it's like my memories as a 3 year old growing up round Holborn in 1964 coming back to life!
Posted by: Paul | February 15, 2008 02:37 PM