Margaret Lockwood: One of the Britain’s Biggest Film Stars of the 1930s and 1940s
Born 1916 in Karachi, British India, English actress Margaret Lockwood began studying for the stage at an early age at the Italia Conti, and made her debut in 1928, at the age of 12, at the Holborn Empire where she…
Wonderful Pictures Give an Extraordinary Glimpse Into Daily Life of the Modern Gypsies in 1986
Unrelated to the Roma, the new gypsies began in 1986 when a group of Post-Punk Anti-Thatcher protesters headed out of London into the English countryside. London based photographer Iain McKell followed these New Age Travelers to the West Country and over the…
Beautiful Vintage Postcards of the Glamorous Butlin’s Ocean Hotel in Saltdean
Opened in 1938 the Ocean Hotel occupied a site of around 4 acres with 344 bedrooms and a dining hall that could seat 300 people. It consisted of a main building shaped like a crescent which contained the whole of…
Capturing Everyday Life: 40 Stunning Vintage Photos of 1920s London
London in the 1920s changed its mood. The lifting of war time restrictions in the early 1920s created new sorts of night-life in the West End. Entrepreneurs opened clubs, restaurants and dance halls to cater for the new crazes: jazz…
24 Heartwarming Photos of Camberley Kate and Her Stray Dogs From Between the 1950s and 1970s
Looking after stray and rescued dogs the rather odd Camberley Kate was regularly seen walking them around the town. All towns have at least one eccentric resident who is known throughout the area and Camberley is no exception. Kate Ward,…
London’s Life of the 1950s
These monochrome images of the threadbare postwar years of London from a series of postcards published by Charles Skilton. London’s Life of the 1950s London’s Life of the 1950s London’s Life of the 1950s London’s Life of the 1950s London’s…
Before There Were Alarm Clocks, Knocker-Ups Were Paid to Wake Up Their Clients by Knocking!
A knocker-up, sometimes known as a knocker-upper were a profession in Britain and Ireland that started during and lasted well into the Industrial Revolution, when alarm clocks were neither cheap nor reliable, and to as late as the beginning of…
Beautiful Vintage Color Photos of Birmingham in the 1980s
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. By the 20th century it had become the metropolitan hub of the United Kingdom’s manufacturing and automotive industries, having earned itself a reputation first as a city of…
40 Amazing Photographs Capture Scenes From the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival
Since 1968, the Isle of Wight Festival has gathered every iconic UK act and from the States, making it one of the most prolific festivals in music history. The 1969 Isle of Wight Festival was held on 29–31 August 1969…
36 Fascinating Vintage Photos Capture Streets of Camden in the 1980s
Camden Town, often shortened to Camden, is a district of northwest London, England. Historically in Middlesex, it is the administrative center of the London Borough of Camden and is identified in the London Plan as one of 34 major centers…