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London Library Miraculously Survives Blitz (1940)

London Library Miraculously Survives Blitz (1940)

On the evening of 27 September, 1940, Germany bombed London's Holland House. But they missed the books ...
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Brian Griffin – Extraordinary Photographs

Brian Griffin – Extraordinary Photographs

Brian Griffin's photographs show us the extraordinary in the everyday ...
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The Passenger: The Day Jack Nicholson & Maria Schneider Visited the Brunswick Centre in 1974

The Passenger: The Day Jack Nicholson & Maria Schneider Visited the Brunswick Centre in 1974

“Isn’t it funny”, decides The Girl, “The way things happen - all the shapes we make” ...
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‘Hot Pants Galore! – Pictures of a Seedy Soho in March 1972

‘Hot Pants Galore! – Pictures of a Seedy Soho in March 1972

Corruption in Soho – essentially collusion between the ‘pornographers’ and the police in the late sixties and early seventies - was an open secret amongst journalists, lawyers and the police themselves. Although almost no one knew the extent of it. ...
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‘The Morning After’ – Evocative Photos of London 1980-85

‘The Morning After’ – Evocative Photos of London 1980-85

Trevor Fletcher lived in London on and off during the late 1970s and 80s. His photographs are a fantastic record of the time. ...
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Captivating Colour Photographs of London, 1970-1974

Captivating Colour Photographs of London, 1970-1974

These fabulous photographs of London in the the early part of the 1970s are shown ...
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Around The World In Kodachrome  – A Nobel Laureate’s Outstanding Travel Photographs

Around The World In Kodachrome – A Nobel Laureate’s Outstanding Travel Photographs

In the 1950s and 60s Martin Karplus took his camera where ever he went - and he went everywhere (pretty much) ...
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Photos of a Desolate and Deserted London from 1977

Photos of a Desolate and Deserted London from 1977

These fascinating photos were taken by John Goodman an Australian who made two trips to UK in the mid 1970s. ...
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“Fun-Maker” Pauline Fordham and her Swinging Sixties Boutique in Soho, 1966

“Fun-Maker” Pauline Fordham and her Swinging Sixties Boutique in Soho, 1966

Palisades was opened by Pauline Fordham on Ganton Street, just off Carnaby Street and the self-styled “Fun-Maker”, as the Daily Express called her, opened the boutique with “a rousing party”. ...
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MacDonald Gill’s Wonderful Maps for W.H. Smith & Son and the Empire Marketing Board (1931)

MacDonald Gill’s Wonderful Maps for W.H. Smith & Son and the Empire Marketing Board (1931)

In the 1930s the British high-street store W.H.Smith & Son operated a vast commercial empire and they commissioned artist MacDonald Gill to produce a map of the company's world. ...
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‘The Wednesday’ – and the Death of the Crooner Al Bowlly

‘The Wednesday’ – and the Death of the Crooner Al Bowlly

The band leader Ray Noble once said of Al Bowlly that he often stepped away from the microphone with tears in his eyes: “never mind him making you cry, he could make himself cry!” ...
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Great Britain by Bus in Glorious Kodachrome (1969-1971)

Great Britain by Bus in Glorious Kodachrome (1969-1971)

An Australian tourist's snapshots of Great Britain in the lat 1960s and early 1970s ...
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