Now - a real ‘Marmite’ question that divides opinions… Do you remember when Lucozade was served in glass bottles wrapped in orange cellophane - it made it feel more like ‘medicine’ than a refreshing drink - some loved it, some hated it… #eastend#MemoryLane
C1935 - some spectacular hoardings to be found along the roadside in Knightsbridge - familiar products such as Guinness and OXO rub shoulders with bill posters advertising popular shows such as American performer Eddie Cantor at the London Pavilion… #london#history#theatre
I am aware many of you may already have seen it, but particularly for those new followers - here is one of my personal favourite shots of Tower Bridge (and yes - that IS a lunatic up the central flagpole…) #eastend#History#towerbridge
I've cleaned-up a festive auctochrome for you, of an old Christmas tree. It was photographed in colour by Peter Vedenisov 112 years ago, at the end of 1911. Amongst the many national flags which festoon the branches, it's interesting to note that some no longer exist.
I think this is quite a remarkable autochrome portrait: It is Henri Louis René Lumière, photographed in colour 109 year ago by his father Auguste. Doesn't it just strip away the barriers of time? He died over 50 years ago, at the ages of 74, but is forever captured in his prime.
Charlie Rouse - one of the last London Watchmen (before the advent of a formal Police Force in London in 1829) armed with rattle, truncheon...and cutlass... https://t.co/ze3tlgyUpo #eastend#history