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blaze

(6,345 posts) Thu Oct 19, 2017, 09:26 AM Oct 2017

1873 - 1877 Street Life in London

A friend just shared this link with me.

http://mashable.com/2016/03/03/street-life-london/#S512jVD2Z0q3

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1873 - 1877 Street Life in London (Original Post) blaze Oct 2017 OP

Merry olde England looks rather grim .. DemoTex Oct 2017 #1

Thank you! femmocrat Oct 2017 #2

Me too! get the red out Oct 2017 #3

Those can't possibly be authentic. Binkie The Clown Oct 2017 #4

DemoTex

(25,390 posts)

1. Merry olde England looks rather grim ..

Reply to blaze (Original post)

Thu Oct 19, 2017, 09:30 AM

Oct 2017

But very interesting photos. Thanks for posting.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

2. Thank you!

Reply to blaze (Original post)

Thu Oct 19, 2017, 09:35 AM

Oct 2017

When I see pictures like these, I am always grateful that I was born in the mid 20th century!

get the red out

(13,460 posts)

3. Me too!

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 19, 2017, 09:50 AM

Oct 2017

We are fortunate.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

4. Those can't possibly be authentic.

Reply to blaze (Original post)

Thu Oct 19, 2017, 11:12 AM

Oct 2017

Why that chimney sweep looked nothing like Dick Van Dyke, and those flower girls at Covent Garden market looked nothing like the ones in My Fair Lady!

Seriously, we usually forget how rumpled the world looked before permanent press!

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