Strand looking east 20th century

Strand looking east 20th centuryStrand, looking east. Moonies Tea House is on the left, St. Clement Danes church is in the distance. A photograph by George Reid who photographed the streets and buildings of London, and the activities in them, in the 1920's and 1930's. This photograph appeared in Volume 3 of Reid's 'Views of Westminster and London'.

escalators and pedestrian subways that were transforming Piccadilly Circus Underground station

The districts covered are Spitalfields

Section 48 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty

Paul Talling – our best-loved investigator of London’s underbelly – has spent over fifteen years uncovering the stories of this hidden world

before removal to the vaults beneath the warehouses

tower and chimneys of York Buildings Waterworks Co

Cilla Black sings to the Ready Steady Go

looking West towards St Paul's church

Tower Beach was a popular day-trip destination

reflecting the anti-Jewish prejudice of the time

Saint Bartholomew's Fair

White Horse Court in the North East