London 1892

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an old black and white photo of people walking down the street with horse drawn carriages

Piccadilly, c. 1900 Piccadilly Circus, c. 1900 St Clement Danes, c. 1910 Hoardings in Knightsbridge, c. 1935 Wych St, c.1890 Highgate Forge, Highgate High St, 1900 Strand Yard, Highgate, 1900 Bangor St, Kensington, c. 1900 Ludgate Hill, c. 1910 Ludgate Hill, c. 1920 Ludgate Hill, c. 1910 Eyre St Hill, Little Italy, c. 1890 Seven Dials, c. 1900 At the foot of the Monument, c. 1900 Woman selling fish from a barrel, c. 1910 Walls Ice Cream Vendor, c. 1920 Muffin man, c. 1910 Dustcart, c. 1910…

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an old black and white photo of horse drawn carriages in front of a city street

Waymarking.com is a way to mark unique locations on the planet and give them a voice. While GPS technology allows us to pinpoint any location on the planet, mark the location, and share it with others, Waymarking is the toolset for categorizing and adding unique information for that location.

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an old black and white photo of people on a street with clothes hanging out to dry

It was the height of the British Empire. From London, Queen Victoria ruled over large parts of the world. Riches flowed back to England from India, the Caribbean and numerous other colonies. Global trade routes made industrialists hugely wealthy, while the aristocracy was able to make the most of their…

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an old black and white photo of people standing in front of a brick oven with the caption building the london underground, 1908

With real-life facts often being far stranger than fiction, there’s nothing like a good history book to get your noggin’ joggin’ and make you appreciate life from a whole different perspective. I might have started my love affair with history as a subject with the amazing Horrible History book series, but I’ve since then graduated to thick and dusty tomes.

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an old black and white photo of a large structure in the middle of a city

Tower Bridge is so much a part of the London landscape that it's sometimes easy to forget it's not always been there. In fact it was built with human hands, without the aid of vast mechanized cranes or lorry-mounted cement mixers. Impressive, no? What's more impressive is that these photographs have been lost in the ether for years, emerging only recently from a carrier bag beneath a bed to show the world how one of London's most recognizable landmarks was put together. If that doesn't…

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