There’s a Boots at 0:20. So weird to see the same logo.
Not a pothole in sight!
Tartaria
Love the typically London music
The cranes look like they’re Mowlem who were still a big name until early 2000’s when acquired by Carillion…
I love that we’re still jaywalking to the same perilous degree.
Sheesh, the roads were crazy even back then
It’s nice to see the bus driving standards have remained the same
Thank goodness the war to end all wars is over, now the only way is up!
Love the old buses. The jaywalking is SO nonchalant! Looks like there’s less litter but no bins
A decade on from the first world war, a decade before the next one. If you’re in your mid-twenties here, you’re probably thinking: I could really do with a pint right now.
Them cars electric?
On the row of buildings at the beginning, Etam is a women’s clothes shop (which is still a thing, if the links I’ve been pulling are accurate), then… Monica? there was a dress shop in London by that name (or… Monica Frocks? something of that line), though I don’t have any publications that would help to hand. [W. Abbott & Sons](https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/W._Abbott_and_Sons) was a shoe shop, and [Saqui & Lawrence](https://buildingourpast.com/2020/05/22/saqui-lawrence-jewellers) would be part of H. Samuel at that point. Not sure what the shop between the two cranes is though. I am curious as to the origin of the footage.
Picadilly Circus hasn’t changed much in almost 100 years. Only now way more cars, buses and people.
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Brilliant. Thanks for posting.
Feels so industrial
There’s a Boots at 0:20. So weird to see the same logo.
Not a pothole in sight!
Tartaria
Love the typically London music
The cranes look like they’re Mowlem who were still a big name until early 2000’s when acquired by Carillion…
I love that we’re still jaywalking to the same perilous degree.
Sheesh, the roads were crazy even back then
It’s nice to see the bus driving standards have remained the same
Thank goodness the war to end all wars is over, now the only way is up!
Love the old buses. The jaywalking is SO nonchalant! Looks like there’s less litter but no bins
A decade on from the first world war, a decade before the next one. If you’re in your mid-twenties here, you’re probably thinking: I could really do with a pint right now.
Them cars electric?
On the row of buildings at the beginning, Etam is a women’s clothes shop (which is still a thing, if the links I’ve been pulling are accurate), then… Monica? there was a dress shop in London by that name (or… Monica Frocks? something of that line), though I don’t have any publications that would help to hand. [W. Abbott & Sons](https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/W._Abbott_and_Sons) was a shoe shop, and [Saqui & Lawrence](https://buildingourpast.com/2020/05/22/saqui-lawrence-jewellers) would be part of H. Samuel at that point. Not sure what the shop between the two cranes is though. I am curious as to the origin of the footage.
Picadilly Circus hasn’t changed much in almost 100 years. Only now way more cars, buses and people.
What was the road made of, it looks so grey
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