Is anyone able to identify where in London this photo of my grandparents is? Circa 1958!

by ShwinMan

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  1. Looks like Strand. [https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5080034,-0.1266408,3a,60y,132.36h,99.37t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sTV1Iz554FPL78-Xxwk3Q2A!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-9.371150652356363%26panoid%3DTV1Iz554FPL78-Xxwk3Q2A%26yaw%3D132.35919326829898!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTEyMy4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D](https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5080034,-0.1266408,3a,60y,132.36h,99.37t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sTV1Iz554FPL78-Xxwk3Q2A!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-9.371150652356363%26panoid%3DTV1Iz554FPL78-Xxwk3Q2A%26yaw%3D132.35919326829898!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTEyMy4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)

    Strand has been heavily updated since though, so it will look very different now. Though that Tube entrace looks a lot like the entrance to Charing Cross there.

  2. oddly that theatre came up in Timeguesser game the other week.

    [https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5078889,-0.1268659,3a,75y,89.73h,88.95t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbkzS4OtvkXFz9JSc5XmZWA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D1.050830056154311%26panoid%3DbkzS4OtvkXFz9JSc5XmZWA%26yaw%3D89.7255224381592!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTEyMy4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D](https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5078889,-0.1268659,3a,75y,89.73h,88.95t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbkzS4OtvkXFz9JSc5XmZWA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D1.050830056154311%26panoid%3DbkzS4OtvkXFz9JSc5XmZWA%26yaw%3D89.7255224381592!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTEyMy4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)

  3. As others have said: The Grand Building, Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5EJ

  4. This is super weird to see the Isle of Man advertised in central London; growing up there you could see relics off the tourism heyday

  5. You could send this link to @silenthotelreviewer on youtube on one of its london vids, they will likely know, worth a shot.

  6. Here’s another view of this spot (taken from the next to the lions in Trafalgar Square, and featuring the Grand building with the same signs as in your photo): 
     https://www.flickr.com/photos/allhails/2784366558/

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