Photographs of Wapping and Whitechapel from 1973 by Jonathan Barker.
Once Upon a Memory brings you John Atkinson Grimshaw's "Liverpool from Wapping", an 1875 painting that evocatively captures 19th Century Liverpool. It has been refinished and reformatted for postcard format by Once Upon a Memory.
Photographs of Wapping and Whitechapel from 1973 by Jonathan Barker.
For 100 years, they stayed hidden in family albums. Now amateur photographer Horace Warner’s intimate portraits of London’s poorest children are being printed for the first time, giving a glimpse into a forgotten world
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Photographs of Wapping and Whitechapel from 1973 by Jonathan Barker.
Photographs of Wapping and Whitechapel from 1973 by Jonathan Barker.
Photographs of Wapping and Whitechapel from 1973 by Jonathan Barker.
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London schoolchildren crowding into a padling pool at King Edward Memorial Park, Wapping during a heatwave.
Photographs of Wapping and Whitechapel from 1973 by Jonathan Barker.
Photographs of Wapping and Whitechapel from 1973 by Jonathan Barker.
Photographs of Wapping and Whitechapel from 1973 by Jonathan Barker.
These fascinating photos of London in 1973 are shown courtesy of Antydiluvian on Flickr – he described his trip to me: “My camera was a Minolta SRT101, and London was the first stop on a month-long tour of Europe my wife and I took on our own.” He wasn’t impressed with the food: Much of … Continue reading "‘An Utterly Different City’ – London in 1973"
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In contrast to today's rather mundane spawn of coffeehouse chains, the London of the 17th and 18th century was home to an eclectic and thriving coffee drinking scene. Dr Matthew Green explores the halcyon days of the London coffeehouse, a haven for caffeine-fueled debate and innovation which helped to shape the modern world. From the tar-caked wharves of Wapping to the gorgeous lamp-lit squares of St James’s and Mayfair, visitors to eighteenth-century London were amazed by an efflorescence of coffeehouses. “In London, there are a great number of coffeehouses”, wrote the Swiss noble César de Saussure in 1726, “...workmen habitually
Photographs of Wapping and Whitechapel from 1973 by Jonathan Barker.
