Londoners Collection

The Pearly King and Queen of Thornton Heath
Larry Barnes (1926-2011) - Pearly King of Thornton Heath and one of Variety Theatres last specialist acts. Pictured with his Pearly Queen Maggie (1932)

London Life: Costermonger Pearly Kings and Queens, Southwark Date: circa 1940

Frost Fair on the Thames by Pauline Baynes
Illustration painted for Holly Leaves by Pauline Baynes showing Londoners in 1683-4 enjoying the delights of the Frost Fair on the frozen River Thames

London Boxing 1870
Two fighters slug it out in the gloomy interior of a tent, watched by a small crowd of Londoners who have probably bet on the outcome

Pearly King, Pearly Queen and daughter, North London
Pearly King, Pearly Queen and daughter, riding in a cart drawn by a mule, North London. Date: 1922

Hop Picking, Cranbrook, Kent
Hop Picking, Cranbrook, near Hartley, Kent, England. Homeward-Bound Londoners on their way to the Railway Station Date: 1905

Nelson Statue
Londoners get a chance to admire the Nelson effigy at close quarters, before he is hoisted to the top of his column where only pigeons get close

WW2 poster, Lend a Hand on the Land, the Londoners Land Club. Date: circa 1940

Watching Election Result
Londoners watch the election results as they are shown on giant screens erected in Trafalgar Square

Artefacts at the London Museum
Artefacts seen at the London Museum, which was newly opened in 1912. Head dresses of Tudor Londoners exhibited. Sandals worn by Roman Londoners and 15th and 16th century Londoners. Date: 1912

Proposed plans to widen London Bridge
Drawings show the proposed plan to widen London Bride. It could not accommodate how many people were walking over it, the city corporation intended to make it larger

Londoners sleeping in the Underground during the Blitz
German bombing campaign against Britain between September 1940 and May 1941 mainly targeting London and industrial places

Gratuitous Distribution of Waste Fish, London 1882
On a winters night poor people of London gather to get the distribution of fish in the West End of London. Date: 1882

Interior of the Smithfield Club's Annual Show at the Agricultural Hall Islington, London. Photograph showing after the judging was completed and awards won. Date: late 1890s

Passagers On Board Dundee Steamer 1873
Departing from Wapping, London on Wednesdays and Saturdays, Londoners taking a holiday trip. Passagers sitting on the deck going on hoilday to Leith or Granton Pier for Edinburgh or change for

Hampstead, the plague-ground of Londoners where the shades of smallpox and fever threaten the innocent holidaymakers
Hampstead, the plague-ground of Londoners... where the shades of smallpox and fever threaten the innocent holidaymakers... Date: 1875

Farringdon Fish Market on Saturday night, Londoners buying unsold fish at auction at very low prices. Date: 1903

Londoners travelling to work amid wartime delays 1939
Londoners photographed as they travel after experiencing delays due to air raid warnings. The Sphere describes " three hours suburban traffic" but reports that " by 9.30 and 10 a.am

WWII Night time in London, September 1939
Piccadilly after dark in the first few days of the Second World War, a man in uniform already in evidence on the streets. Date: 1939

Easter Monday Bank Holiday at the British Museum: Victorian visitors enjoy exploring the exhibits in 1887. 1887

During the severe winter weather the Great Arthur Street Mission of Golden Lane were keeping starving people of the East-End of London feed. Men seated on long benches, being served warm soup

Medieval Tournament at Cremorne Gardens, London, 1863
Medieval tournament held at Cremorne Gardens in London, 1863. This mock battle, between knights on horseback, was staged before a large crowd of Victorian Londoners. Date: 1863

Distribution of Plants to Poor Londoners, Victoria Park
A series of scenes during a distribution of plants to Londons poor, held in Victoria Park, London, in the autumn of 1879. The images show (clockwise from top left)

A Day in the Country 1872
Londoners travelled to the countryside in the summer for a days break. Date: 1872

COVENT GARDEN IN THE SPRING 1867
Covent Garden in the Spring - Londoners flock to buy fresh flowers; a manservant in livery waits while his mistress makes her choice Date: 1867

GEORGE & MARY RIDE OUT 1918 GEORGE & MARY RIDE OUT 1918
King George V and Mary ride amongst crowds of Londoners celebrating the Armistice Date: November 1918

London by Night - Looking for Zeppelins - Londoners take up the highest viewpoints they can to search the skies for these new miracles of aviation

Willie Rose - cab driver
Willie Rose, a London taxi cab driver picture in 1965. Described in London Life magazine as the grand old man of the cab trade his son followed him into the business. Date: 1965

Armistice Day, November 11 1918 by Fortunino Matania
King and People in the Streets of London, Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. King George V and Queen Mary driving through the streets of London greeted by jubilant crowds celebrating the end of

Scythian shield
The Battersea Shield. 350 -50 BC. Celtic art. Jewelry. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum. Proc: UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. GREATER LONDON. London

Albert Chevalier - English Comedian and Actor
Albert Onesime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier (18611923) - English comedian and actor. Had a successful music hall career as a singer of coster songs of his own invention. Date: 1892

Triumphant return of a tank. Introducing the Tanks to Londoners. The film The Battle of the Ancre as seen at the Scala Theatre, London

First journey of Londons electric tram 1903
Londoners throng the pavements of Westminster Bridge Road to watch the first journey of Londons first electric tram as it heads for Clapham. Date: 1903

Refugees in the London underground (1941). Watercolor by Henry Moore belonging to the series The Shelter Drawings. Watercolour. Private Collection

The General Strike - Guards return from duty 1926
Londoners watching a procession of The 1st Brigade of Guards, with massed bands, marching through the City past the Royal Exchange and Mansion House

Cockney Argument between a fat man and a thin man
Fat Party (after a War of words) - " If you come our court to-morrer and bring a bit o fat with yer, I ll bloomin well eat yer." !! Date: 1895

London Heatwave 1989
Londoners sunbathing in Soho Square during a heatwave, which lasted for several weeks. Date: 1989

King and Queen visiting children in Underground shelters
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visiting an air raid shelter in a London Underground station and chatting to groups of children clustered on bunk beds

Rail Strike / Crowded Tram
RAIL STRIKE An overcrowded tram on the Thames Embankment, packed with Londoners struggling to get home on a day with no trains or tubes running

London takes to the roads, General Strike 1926
Photographs showing Londoners finding all sorts of ways to commute to and from work during the 1926 general strike in Britain. May 1926

London street scene - The Coster Girl
A series of postcards showing women (in various jobs) in London - The Coster Girl.. Romanian-born sculptor and illustrator Alexander Popini served in the Royal Air Force during World War I

Female Londoners 1590
The clothing of London women of various social classes including a servant. All three wear ruffs. The 3rd woman is taken from " Descriptions of England". Date: 1590

Electric Tram London 2
Londoners line the pavements and a fire engine pulls aside as Londons first electric tram heads for Clapham. Date: 1903

Great railway strike, trekking to business 1919
When the railway strike first happened Londoners used other means of transportation, buses and trams to find their way to town, needless to say they could not cope with the amount of commuters

Great railway strike, london commuters 1919
Londoners having a lift on the back of a horse-van. 1919

Rail Strike, queing for the tram-car 1919
Hundreds of commuters in london queing patiently for the already over utilsed tram-car. October 1919

Great railway strike, available tram-car 1919
Crowd of London commuters waiting patiently for the next available tram-car, during the Great railway strike of 1919. October 1919

Great railway strike, crownded car 1919
RAIL STRIKE Londoners caught out by the sudden rail strike cram into whatever means of transport they can find: here seen overloading a motorcar Date: October 1919

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