Jonathan Wadsworth, Professor of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London and Andrew J. Seltzer, Professor of Economics and Economic History, Royal Holloway University of London We know from a ...

A newly digitised collection of photos have shown what historic landmarks looked like from the skies in 1930s interwar London. Taken in a time where Battersea Power Station was still under ...

1938 London Underground tube train on the Picadilly Line at Acton in London. 1938 London Underground tube train on the Picadilly Line at Acton in London. To celebrate the coronation of Charles III, ...

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This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. If you missed the premiere of the new ‘Upstairs Downstairs,’ you’ve got ...

I was born on April 1st 1923 in Camberwell, London, SE5, about a 5 minutes walk from Old Kent Road. The area I lived in was known as “the Island”. It was a large grid system estate consisting of 3 ...

This picture gallery features atmospheric images of London streets in the 1930s, before the Blitz, before the clean air act. It was a city of gloomy back streets lit by dim lamps, with forbidding ...

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by a volunteer from Radio Northampton Action Desk on behalf of Rose Ayriss and has been added to the site with her permission. Rose Ayriss fully ...