Page 8 of the album and it is time to leave Copenhagen. These days when a cruise ship leaves port, any visitors, friends, or onlookers are kept far away from the boat behind layers of security fences. In 1925 things were easier and more relaxed.
High Street, Dundee : The Motorist’s Nightmare
High Street, Dundee A picture postcard from 60 years ago, back in the days before pedestrian precincts had been thought of. The names are the names of all high streets of the time - Burtons, Samuels, Woolworth
Northern Capitals 7 : Wonderful Copenhagen
We are on to page 7 of the 1925 photo album of a tour of the "Northern Capitals" and we are in the heart of one of those capitals - Copenhagen. The view of a city street looks like any other street in a major European city in 1925 - cars are beginning to take … Continue reading Northern Capitals 7 : Wonderful Copenhagen
Ten From The Pub 9 : Saloon Bar Friars
Saloon Bar Sign, Black Friar, London The Black Friar in Queen Victoria Street, London is one of my favourite pubs. Back in days long gone by, I used to take groups of overseas visitors there as part of a tour of old London pubs. It is not only a fine pub, it is a … Continue reading Ten From The Pub 9 : Saloon Bar Friars
The King, The Prince And The Prestwich Photographer
I would guess that this little Carte de Visite from the studio of W H Martin of Prestwich, Lancashire is Edwardian rather than Victorian. I know nothing about the subject of the photograph other than he seems a bright young fellow with a rather distinctive horseshoe pattern necktie. I don't know much more about W … Continue reading The King, The Prince And The Prestwich Photographer
Northern Capitals 6 : Church of England
So typical of the English - they sail all the way to exotic European capitals and the first thing they do is to look for a typical English parish church. Our 1925 visitors to the northern capitals found St Albans Church in Copenhagen - they might as well have stayed in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
Manchester With A Shiny Surface
I was in Manchester last week with a group of friends - the famous Old Gits Luncheon Club - and we were walking along the Rochdale Canal en-route to a splendid public house called The Briton's Protection, when I spotted two buildings, separated by a few hundred yards and a few hundred years in economic … Continue reading Manchester With A Shiny Surface
Ten From The Pub 8 : Say Cheese
The Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, London (1987) I have just realised that I have got to number eight in this ten part series on pubs and all I have shown is buildings. Buildings in themselves - whatever their architectural merit, however much their timbers have absorbed centuries of malt and hops - are not pubs. … Continue reading Ten From The Pub 8 : Say Cheese
Northern Capitals 5 : The Elsinore Kipper Factory
This particular picture is captioned "The Castle at Elsinore from Marienlyst" and if you direct your attention to the left of the photograph there is a castle which I assume is the castle in question. It is, however, also a photo of what looks like the kipper factory at Elsinore, and, towards the right of … Continue reading Northern Capitals 5 : The Elsinore Kipper Factory
