Comments on: Julius Mendes Price’s London Types, 3

By: Homer Sykes

Homer Sykes — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 05:56:36 +0000

I remember seeing open air chair menders in the Kings Road around ‘World End’, up until the mid 1970s or perhaps even later. Knife grinders too, when I lived in Southfields South London during the 1970s. A traveling knife grinders used to knock at our door and see if we had knifes that needed sharpening. It was always my intention to photograph them, but alas I never did.,

By: Phil Maxwell

Phil Maxwell — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:37:21 +0000

These cards are fascinating; they really give an evocative glimpse into the past. I love the writing on the back!

By: Peter Holford

Peter Holford — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:09:32 +0000

Unbelievably our scout troop (4th Putney) were still wearing the old wide-brimmed hat into the mid-1960s. We used to get some stick from other troops. I don’t remember getting rid of it but I guess my dad would have stuck it in the bin as soon as I left the scouts. He loved ‘getting rid’!

By: Ruth Hope

Ruth Hope — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 06:13:17 +0000

These are so beautifully drawn and printed, they have a special quality don’t they. I like the Sally Army woman (want her costume!) and the boy scout (who appears to be about 37). My favourite is the poor old bath-chair man, resigned to his lot.