allthingseurope:

A tiny piece of London (by In Memory Lane~)

allthingseurope:

A tiny piece of London (by In Memory Lane~)







London, 1940s, in hi-res colour. These photographs were taken using Kodachrome film by the improbably and wonderfully named Chalmers Butterfield, probably in 1949. Via How To Be a Retronaut.

London, 1940s, in hi-res colour. These photographs were taken using Kodachrome film by the improbably and wonderfully named Chalmers Butterfield, probably in 1949. Via How To Be a Retronaut.

(Source: bleerios)





“Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”
Samuel Johnson

“Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”

Samuel Johnson

(Source: diaryofabookaholic)






lostsplendor:


London Blackout, September 1944 (by brizzle born and bred)

lostsplendor:

London Blackout, September 1944 (by brizzle born and bred)