For more Christmas themed old pictures have a ook at the Sepia Saturday blog.
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Old postcards from the early 20th century, compared to the same view shown on Google Street View today. The postcards come from my own collection. Almost all of them are from England, mainly showing West London, Middlesex, Surrey, Berks and Bucks. Click on the postcards to see enlarged versions. Street View images are the copyright of Google. Comments, questions or requests are welcome. If you repost my images on other websites (such as Facebook) please include a link to my original post.
Flippin' ace! Been there many times. Like the dog doing the sit-up-and-beg in the 3rd pic :D
ReplyDeleteThank you for providing a link to Wikipedia so those of us not-in-the-know could find out exactly what a cab shelter is/was. Interesting postcards. The begging dog is cute. Hopefully it got tasty handouts. Happy Holidays!
ReplyDeleteA brilliant set of images, Howard. I've walked past these shelters (those that remain) many times and never knew they were historic structures. The overhead telephone wires add a sense of impending doom to the horse drawn hack. I wonder when and where the very last one worked? My best wishes to you for the new year.
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a good Christmas Howard and we look forward to seeing more of your wonderful collection in 2014
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