These snapshots of London in 1973 were taken by Belfast-born photographer Norman Craig. “I worked in a lot of different buildings in the City from the 1970s to the 1990s.” Craig shared. “It’s likely I took some snaps in those years.”
For more fascinating pictures, take a look at Craig’s brilliant Flickr site.
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| Paternoster Square |
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| Cheapside |
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| Early evening, Piccadilly Circus |
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| Mounted police at Ludgate Circus |
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| Lunchtime stroll, Cheapside |
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| Resting traveller, London Wall |
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| Notting Hill |
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| Whiteleys department store |
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| Striding across Ludgate Circus |
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| Central line platform at Oxford Circus |
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| Kenneth Williams in ‘My Fat Friend’ at the Globe Theatre |
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| Cigarette on Victoria Line Tube train |
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| Window shopping in Oxford Street – Selfridges |
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| Sunbathing in Holland Park |
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| Couple on High Holborn |
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| Late evening at Leadenhall Market |
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| Lunchtime stroll by the Sir Christopher Wren pub, Paternoster Square |
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| Catching up on the news, Central Line |
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| Victoria Station |
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| Sitar fettling on Sunday in Holland Park |
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| Oxford Street store |
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| Fashionable couple walking near St Paul’s |
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| Office worker, Greham Street |
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| Newsstand |
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| Oxford Street |
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| Mannequins, Oxford Street |






























