Historical London

London's History, in pictures

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1895. Sketch showing the civilised experience of the early underground.

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1884. London Metropolitan University.

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1860. Victorian London.

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1935. London Tube station.

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1924. Piccadilly.

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1886. Labourers working on the underground.

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1956. 43 South Africans arrive in London, after travelling 13,500 miles by bus from Johannesburg.

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1921. City of London.

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1925. FA Cup Final between Sheffield United and Cardiff City, Wembley.

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1921. First HMV shop opens on Oxford Street.

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1931. Selfridges

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1973. Carnaby Street.

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1978. Broadwick Street, Soho, after the riots.

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1938. The Kray brothers with their mother after a fight. They went on to become London's most feared gangsters.

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1940. City of London after a German air raid.

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1931. A fox hunt, Oxford Circus.

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1930. Mr Larkin lowers himself from a rope to clean the face of Big Ben, the famous clock on the Houses of Parliament

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1893. 'Street Urchins'.

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1978. Brick Lane riots.