Peter BerthoudJul 4, 2012London Markets in the 1930sIn 1930 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries published a report on London Markets. The report described all the principal London...
Peter BerthoudJun 28, 2012Plans for a Charing Cross Bridge Without TrainsLess than fifty years after the opening of Charing Cross, there were plans to close the station and replace its rail bridge with a grand...
Peter BerthoudJun 11, 2012A Bizarre Victorian Soho BazaarIn June 1893 a grand fundraising bazaar was held in Soho. Partly to serve as a souvenir, partly to help promote the Soho Bazaar, a little...
Peter BerthoudMay 29, 2012A Grim View Inside Newgate Prison in the 1890sThere are very few photos of Newgate prison on the net. The most commonly reproduced ones come from a late Victorian book, Queen’s...