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London in colour in 1927.

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MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 12 Jan 2014 23:15

Film of London life.

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/198876/rare-color-film-shows-what-london-looked-like-in-1927/

michael2

michael2 Report 12 Jan 2014 23:31

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D great thank you.

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 12 Jan 2014 23:31

nice one, thank you
:-)

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 13 Jan 2014 09:01

Brilliant .and to see the old London trams .used to travel to school on one if those in the late 1940/50s in SE London

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Joeva

Joeva Report 15 Jan 2014 08:30

For those of you that enjoyed this video posted by MR_MAGOO may like to take a look at this one that shows the same scenes from 1927 filmed side by side in 2013.

http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/14/claude-friese-greene-london-in-1927-2013-by-simon-smith-4262279/

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 15 Jan 2014 18:41

That was interesting Joeva :-D

Did notice though that the speed of the traffic was much the same.