It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British ices here.
Ice Cream for Crow, Gypsy Hill, March 1975
Notable event in 1975, include: Margaret Thatcher became the first female leader of the Conservative Party, writer PJ Wodehouse died, Queen Elizabeth II knighted Charlie Chaplin, Monty Python and Holy Gail was playing at cinemas, missing toff Lord Lucan was named as the murderer of Sandra Rivett, the nanny who was found dead at his wife’s London home seven months previously, inflation passed 24%, the ‘George Davis Is Innocent’ campaign caused the a cricket match between England Australia to be abandoned, Fawlty Towers was broadcast of the first time on the telly and Queen released Bohemian Rhapsody.
Kings Cross, April 1975
Cherry Tree Wood, Muswell Hill, April 1975
Norwood Garage, March 1975
English Eccentrics, Crouch End, April 1975
Thurlow Park Road and West Dulwich railway station, London SE21. 16th March 1975.
Trafalgar Square, April 1975
Thurlow Park Road at the junction with Croxted Road, London SE21. 16th March 1975.
Routemaster in West Norwood, March 1975
Knights Hill Road, West Norwood with AEC Routemaster No. RM838 on route 68 to South Croydon garage. 16th March, 1975.
Routemaster in West Norwood, March 1975
Muswell Hill Broadway on 20th April 1975
Kings Cross, November 1975
Thurlow Park Road at the junction with Carson Road, London SE21, 16th March 1975
Whitehall and the Cenotaph, April 1975
Paddle steamer, Old Caledonia moored by the Thames Embankment adjacent to Waterloo bridge. 19th April 1975.
Wood Green, November 1975
Brush Type 4 No. 47526 enters Gasworks tunnel as it departs from Kings Cross with the 14-20 train for Leeds on 19th April 1975.
St. Pancras station frontage on 24th November 1975.
AEC Routemaster No. RM 546 in Piccadilly on 19th April 1975.
En route to West Hampstead, LT Routemaster No. RM95 passes the bronze equestrian statue of George III at the junction of Cockspur Street and Pall Mall. 19th April 1975.
Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, Nov. 1975
Thurlow Park Road at the junction with Lancaster Avenue, London SE21. 16th March 1975.
The Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens, November 1975
A barge passes beneath Waterloo Bridge with St. Paul’s cathedral in the background. 19th April 1975.
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