Brilliant Colour Photographs of an almost Swinging London in 1968

"Some of the sights I took time to photograph - I wish I had taken more and more that reflected the culture of the sixties." RB Reed

Carnaby Street, 1968

Carnaby Street, 1968

These wonderful photos were taken by RB Reed who lived in Oxford, England and on the Isle of Wight in the Late Sixties. His collection and much more can be seen on his Flickr site and contains, in his words, “some of the sights I took time to photograph. I wish I had taken more and more that reflected the culture of the sixties.”

Heathrow 1968

Heathrow 1968

Number 10 c.1967

Number 10 c.1967

Piccadilly Circus 1967:68 Operation Kid Brother

Piccadilly Circus 1967:68 Operation Kid Brother

Piccadilly Circus 1968 Graduate opening

Piccadilly Circus 1968 Graduate opening

Piccadilly Circus 1969

Piccadilly Circus 1969

Piccadilly Circus Man of La Mancha RB Reed 1968

Piccadilly Circus Man of La Mancha RB Reed 1968

Portobello Road 1969

Portobello Road 1969

Tower Bridge 1969

Tower Bridge 1969

Trafalgar Square 1969

Trafalgar Square 1969

US Embassy London 1968

US Embassy London 1968

Youths in Trafalgar Square 1968

Youths in Trafalgar Square 1968

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