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Evocative Photos of London’s West End in the 1950s

A keen photographer since childhood, Allan Hailstone’s beautiful images are a tribute to London of the 1950s. ...

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‘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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Once the ‘Swingingest Street in the World’: Pictures of Carnaby Street 1924-1975

"Perhaps nothing illustrates the new swinging London better than narrow, three-block-long Carnaby Street, which is crammed with a cluster of the 'gear' boutiques where the girls and boys buy each other clothing..." - TIME magazine, April 1966 ...

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Captivating Pictures from a Stroll Around Soho on March 15 1966

Someone, for some reason, walked around Soho on this day and took some photographs, and here they are... ...

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Fascinating Photos of Soho in the 1950s

"The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as 'Soho' poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent." Quentin Crisp ...

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The Incredible Story of the ‘Prostitutes Padre’ – the Vicar of Stiffkey

The Reverend Harold Francis Davidson, Rector of the small Norfolk coastal village of Stiffkey for twenty-five years, was utterly besotted and bewitched by pretty young girls. Of that there is no doubt. How he behaved in the company of said pretty young girls was more up for debate. ...

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A Stroll Around a Neon-Lit Soho in 1977

We don't know who took these found photos but probably by an American tourist ...

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Pictures and Films of Berwick Street Market in London’s Soho

Where Noel Coward bought smart socks and Gertrude Lawrence smart stockings at bargain prices in their early days... ...

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How The Face Magazine Cultured A Generation

Paul Gorman's Story of the Face: The Magazine That Changed Culture ...

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Seedy Vintage Street Scenes Captured Through the Lens of B-Movies

Want to catch a glimpse of Times Square during its seedy period in the 1970s? How ...

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Pictures of a Run-down Soho and Covent Garden in 1979

It's almost shocking how much the West-End of London has changed in the last forty years or so... ...

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Soho Italianate: Gordon Moore’s Adverts for Vince Man’s Shop in Ark Magazine 1957

This advert for Vince Man’s Shop – the small Soho boutique which sparked the modernisation ...

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