Piccadilly by Night, London Date: 1960s
Fortnum & MasonThe Fortnum and Mason lettering sign above the door of the famous store, selling luxury goods of all description, Piccadilly, London. Date: 1960s
Please, Mr Policeman, where is Father Christmas by MataniaIn the centre of London, close to Piccadilly Circus, two children stop a policeman from directing traffic to ask him where Father Christmas is
Piccadilly Circus 1956Piccadilly Circus street scene, with huge billboards advertising Bovril, Wrigleys and Craven A cigarettes amongst others
Piccadilly Circus, London Date: 1960s
A map of Ladies and Gentlemans Clubs of LondonA map of Ladies and Gentlemans Clubs of the West End of London - Clubland. Date: circa 1910
The neon lights of Piccadilly Circus at night, London Date: circa 1950s
Ritz Hotel LondonThe exterior of the Ritz hotel, Piccadilly, London. Date: 1987
Wodehouse / Jeeves / WoosterFront cover of Piccadilly Jim, showing a couple playing footsie beneath the dining table
London - Piccadilly Circus in the 1920sLondon - Piccadilly Circus photographed in 1924. The Trocadero is showing Wanderer in the Wasteland - an American colour silent Western film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Jack Holt
Vesta Tilley / PiccadillyVESTA TILLEY Music hall entertainer, best known for her male impersonations, singing Algy, the Piccadilly Johnny (with the little glass eye)
Princess Elizabeth and corgisPrincess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) pictured at her childhood home of 145 Piccadilly playing with the familys corgis. Date: 1936
Piccadilly Plaza HotelThe modern Piccadilly Plaza Hotel, Manchester, England, which was built in 1965. Date: 1960s
Piccadilly / Eros 1950SThe famous statue of Eros in the middle of Piccadilly Circus
Regent Palace Hotel Kitchens, LondonRegent Palace Hotel Kitchens, Piccadilly, London - The Brigade in action. The Hotel opened in 1915 and closed in 2006. Over 50 people can be seen working in the kitchen in this shot
Londons new amusement: Up and down the escalatorIllustration from 1911 of the first escalators ever installed on the underground, between the District and the Piccadilly line platforms at Earls Court station
Aldwych Tube StationThe exterior of ALDWYCH STATION, on the Piccadilly Line, faced with the distinctive red ceramic tiles employed at the time
Colonel Stodare at the Egyptian HallColonel Stodare the liverpudlian ventriloquist and magician (1831 to 1866) performing using an Indian Basket at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London. Date: circa 1865
Piccadilly Circus 1930SThe Statue of Eros, Piccadilly Circus, London, England
Egyptian Hall
Lots Road Power Station, Chelsea, LondonThe Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR) Power House (Lots Road Power Station), Chelsea, London. Built to power the newly created Piccadilly underground line
Manchester, England - Piccadilly GardensManchester, England - the busy Piccadilly Street and Piccadilly Gardens showing shop fronts, cars, and businesses. circa 1910s
Bee Jackson dancing the charlestonDancer Bee Jackson demonstrating the Charleston which she was performing at the Piccadilly Revels cabaret at the Piccadilly Hotel after making a name for herself in America
Mapleton Hotel, Coventry Street, LondonMapleton Hotel and restaurant, Coventry Street in central London just along from Piccadilly Circus. A lorry with milk churns is in the foreground
Statue of ErosThe famous statue of the Greek god of love, Eros, Piccadilly Circus, London, was sculpted by Alfred Gilbert in 1893. It was originally called the Shaftesbury Monument. Date: 1893
Princes Restaurant, LondonThe interior of the Princes Restaurant, Piccadilly, London, 1920s Date: 1910-1920
Piccadilly Circus 1969Young people hang around the Eros statue in Piccadilly Circus
Manchester / PiccadillyManchester Piccadilly from the Royal Hotel
Queens Bargemaster and Watermen in Queen Victoria sThe Queens Bargemaster of the Royal Household and 48 Watermen in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession
Map of London Underground railway, Hampstead TubeMap of London Underground railway extension, highlighting the recently opened Hampstead Tube (Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway), branching out to Golders Green and Highgate. Date: 1907
The Lyceum Club, 1908The Lyceum Club, formed in 1903 for the purpose of bringing together the cultured women of the world for mutual knowledge and understanding, for the furtherance of their intellectual interests
Piccadilly Circus, London 1926Piccadilly Circus and the statue of Eros in London at night, 1926. Date: 1926
Tube stations transformed by G. H. DavisA Piccadilly Circus underground: tube stations transformed. The maze of London tubes: wonderful new junctions completed or in progress of construction. Date: 1927
Great Northern and City (Electric) Railway - Finsbury ParkGreat Northern and City (Electric) Railway (London Underground) - Finsbury Park - Platform Number 1. This line opened on 14th February 1904
Berkeley Hotel, Piccadilly, LondonBerkeley Hotel, on the corner of Piccadilly and Berkeley Street, London, with the entrance gates to Devonshire House in the foreground
London Life - A Flower Seller in Piccadilly Circus Date: circa 1940
Marriage of Baroness Burdett-Coutts to William Ashmead-BartlEngraving showing the marriage of Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906) to William Ashmead-Bartlett (1851-1921) in Christ Church, Piccadilly, London, 1881
Piccadilly Circus 1950SPiccadilly Circus street scene, with huge billboards advertising Bovril, Wrigleys and Craven A cigarettes amongst others
Maskelyne & Cooks automaton, PsychoMaskelyne & Cooks thought-reading, whist playing automaton, Psycho, as demonstrated at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London
Restaurant Maxim, 30 Wardour Street, Soho, Londoncirca 1910s
Piccadilly Underground Railway Station, London, England. Date: 1913
Two forms of transport on a London bridge -- a double decker bus on the left, a horse and cart on the right. The bus is on Route 33A, serving Sheen, Hammersmith, Kensington, Piccadilly Circus
Park Lane Hotel on Piccadilly, London. Date: circa 1920
If London were Venice, Piccadilly Circus. A view of London if its streets were canals. c. 1900s
Police dog handler
Social / Piccadilly GrillElegant diners-out, all but one (a uniformed soldier) in evening dress, patronise the Piccadilly Grill, a noted restaurant in the fashionable heart of London
The Criterion Restaurant, Piccadilly, London W1, with the statue of Eros on the right. Date: circa 1910s
Piccadilly Circus 1928More changes to the traffic layout at Piccadilly Circus - work in progress round the Eros statue, which I suppose is somewhere behind the hoardings. Date: 1928
