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At Trinity Green Almshouses, Whitechapel
Here are just a few of my all-time favourite photographs of the capital selected from over 600 in THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S LONDON ALBUM. It has been so immensely popular that we only have a few copies left now.
Funerary image of Charles II at Westminster Abbey (courtesy Bishopsgate Institute)
Crudgie, Motorcycle Courier, at the Ace Cafe
The Little Midshipman from the Signs of Old London (courtesy Bishopsgate Institute)
Franceskka Abimbola, Wax Seller of Wentworth St, by Jeremy Freedman
The Vine Tavern from the Pubs of Old London (courtesy Bishopsgate Institute)
Swan Upping on the Thames
Inside the Dome of St Pauls from the Forgotten Corners of Old London (courtesy Bishopsgate Institute)
Viscountess Boudica of Bethnal Green with one of her collection of vintage domestic appliances
Jam in Piccadilly from the Streets of Old London (courtesy Bishopsgate Institute)
Aaron Biber, London’s Oldest Barber
Car Crash in Clerkenwell by Colin O’Brien
Henrietta Keeper sings at E. Pellicci
Graffiti at the Tower of London
‘Clockwell’ from Bob Mazzer’s Tube Photography
Barn the Spoon, Spoonmaker
Billingsgate from the Markets of Old London (courtesy Bishopsgate Institute)
Mick Taylor, the Sartorialist of Brick Lane
Old House in Lambeth from the Ghosts of Old London (courtesy Bishopsgate Institute)
Gina of Gina’s Restaurant in Bethnal Green Rd
From Libby Hall’s collection of the Dogs of Old London (courtesy Bishopsgate Institute)
Clive Murphy, Oral Historian in his Brick Lane kitchen
The Trade Cards of Old London
Gary Arber, Printer, in the living room of his grandparent’s home in the Roman Rd
Trafalgar Sq from the Nights of Old London (courtesy Bishopsgate Institute)
