The 1950s London was the heyday of the baby boomers. There was no longer rationing post war and the city was undergoing huge social and economic change. A new Queen was in charge of the country who was vibrantly popular and hope hung in the air for a new era.
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| London in the 1950s |
It was also the decade when televisions and washing machines first appeared in houses, something that would transform the housewives day-to-day, and the standard of living was generally improving as council houses offered respected alternatives to slums and the welfare state was in full bloom.
A set of amazing color photos from foundin_a_attic that shows what London looked like in the 1950s.
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| Admiralty Arch from the Mall, London |
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| Admiralty Arch, London |
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| Beefeaters, London |
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| Buckingham Palace, London |
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| Coronation of Elizabeth II, London |
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| Cutty Sark, London |
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| Egyptian Sphinx on Victoria Embankment, London |
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| From the Queen’s Building at London Airport (Heathrow) |
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| Kew Gardens, London |
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| Lambeth Palace, London |
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| London Airport (Heathrow) car park |
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| London overview |
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| London Pavilion at Piccadilly Circus, London |
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| London street scenes |
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| Marble Arch, London |
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| Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square, London |
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| Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square, London |
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| Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square, London |
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| Palace of Westminster, London |
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| Parliament Square, London |
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| Queen’s Guard, London |
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| St James’s Palace seen from St James’s Street, London |
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| St Stephen’s Tower (Big Ben) and Westminster Bridge, London |
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| St Stephen’s Tower (Big Ben) underwent extensive repairs, London |
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| St Stephen’s Tower (Big Ben), London |
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| St. Paul’s Cathedral, London |
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| St. Paul’s Cathedral, London |
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| The Cenotaph on Whitehall, London |
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| The church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. Trafalgar Square fountains in the foreground |
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| The church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. Trafalgar Square in the foreground |
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| The Mall, London |
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| Tower Bridge, London |
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| Tower of London |
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| Tower of London |
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| Tower of London |
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| Tower of London |
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| Tower of London |
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| Trafalgar Square, London |
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| Victoria Tower Gardens, with the eponymous tower in view, London |
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| Waterloo Bridge looking east towards St. Paul’s Cathedral, London |
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| Westminster Abbey, London |
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| Westminster Abbey, London |
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| Westminster Abbey, London |