Peter Berthoud
An Antique Souvenir of Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese of London City. The Literateurs' Haunt for 300 Years or The Book of The Cheese This book was published around a...
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Peter Berthoud
- Apr 7, 2018
High Suspense in Mayfair
This is what being a telephone engineer involved in 1930s London. Twice a year the steel wires which support London's telephone cables -...
Peter Berthoud
- Mar 7, 2018
Golf and Guns: London's Rooftop Playground in the 1930s
High above London, men and women were at play in 1938. Back then one could shoot guns and play golf on a rooftop. Here are some...
Peter Berthoud
- Feb 17, 2018
Hyde Park: Shepherd and His Sheep
In the 1920s and 30s a Scottish shepherd grazed his sheep in Hyde Park. George Donald travelled down each year from Aberdeen together...
Peter Berthoud
- Mar 13, 2014
America in London - Top Six Sights in the 1950s
In the early 1950s Charles Skilton issued a set of six postcards entitled "America in London" promising them to be "Of interest to all...
Peter Berthoud
- Feb 20, 2014
A Love Letter from Edwardian London in 36 Views
On November 18th 1904 Miss Gwen James of Glamorganshire received an unusually large quantity of post. Through her door at 22, Regent...
Peter Berthoud
- Oct 8, 2012
Top 10 Free London Sights in 1903
Londoners have always prided themselves on the enormous diversity and quantity of free sights to be enjoyed in this great city. Today we...
Peter Berthoud
- Oct 1, 2012
Edwardian London in Photos
I recently came across a book containing views of Edwardian London that I hadn't seen before on the net. Three Hundred and Fifty Views -...
Peter Berthoud
- Jul 16, 2012
Vintage Portraits of London Street Markets
In 1936 a Bauhaus master turned his attention to London Street Markets. László Moholy-Nagy provided 64 superb images for Mary Benedetta's...
Peter Berthoud
- Jul 15, 2012
The London Horse
The British Museum have just opened a new, free, exhibition "The Horse: from Arabia to Royal Ascot". The exhibition seeks to demonstrate...
Peter Berthoud
- Jul 3, 2012
London Markets in the 1930s
In 1930 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries published a report on London Markets. The report described all the principal London...
Peter Berthoud
- Apr 25, 2012
Forgotten Images: Destruction & Construction in Aldwych & Kingsway
Between 1901 and 1905 a large area of Central London was demolished to make way for Kingsway and Aldwych. Many ancient streets and courts...
Peter Berthoud
- Apr 22, 2012
Forgotten Images: Before Aldwych and Kingsway
In October 1905 King Edward VII officially opened Kingsway and Aldwych; "The largest and most important improvement in London since the...
Peter Berthoud
- Apr 2, 2012
Down and Out in 1930s London
Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell's classic book on his experience of rough living, was published in 1933. These photos of...
Peter Berthoud
- Mar 16, 2012
London Pubs in the 1920s
These beautiful photos of London pubs all date from around 1926. These are London pubs as our grandparents and great-grandparents enjoyed th
Peter Berthoud
- Jul 8, 2011
Unseen Images of Tower Bridge Under Construction
These images show Tower Bridge under construction in the 1880s. At the offices of one of the original contractors, management had decided...
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