London Then and Now ndash; People and Places takes an amazing cross-section of vintage photographs of London from the 1850s through to the 1960s; and pairs them up with the same view as it looks today. The great tourist destinations are all included: Buckingham Palace; Tower of London; Houses of Parliament; Whitehall; Trafalgar Square; Covent Garden; the British Museum; St. Pauls Cathedral and Hyde Park; along with classic London pubs; famous theatres; the grand stations; and Carnaby Street and the Kings Road.The book travels along the Thames through Hammersmith; Barnes and Richmond out to Hampton Court; plus we get a fleeting glimpse of Chuck Berry and the Rolling Stones posing on Park Lane and walking out of court in Southcombe Street. There are Dickensian street scenes; plus The Old Curiosity Shop and coaching inns that Dickens visited. Sites include: Albert Hall; Albert Memorial; Bank of England; Grosvenor Square; Chelsea; Cleopatras Needle; Selfridges; Earls Court; Fleet Street; Soho; Haymarket; Kensington High Street; Kew Gardens; Leicester Square; Oxford Street; Paddington; Piccadilly Circus; Savoy Hotel; VA; Natrual History Museum; National Theatre; Festival Hall; Waterloo and much more.
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