Comments on: This Is Jimmy’s London

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 15:20:39 +0000

Photos are brilliant, and comments perfect – short and concise. This was still my London growing up just before and throughout the 50s, in both SW1 and SW3 but always in walking distance of the Thames. Thank you.

By: Julia harrison

Julia harrison — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 06:15:59 +0000

I just love his jaunty writing style!

By: Pamela Traves

Pamela Traves — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 05:05:35 +0000

Thank You forJimmy’s Londons picture. They are So Wonderful.????????

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 20:41:51 +0000

Now that is a rare gem. I think only four library copies including two is St Pancras and the one in Bishopsgate. I can’t imagine when I might next make it to a library

By: Victoria Cooper

Victoria Cooper — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:33:03 +0000

I love the sheep too, but wouldn’t guarantee my dogs. Love Jimmy’s tenderness and humanity.

By: Rose T

Rose T — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:03:34 +0000

Fabulous pictures. I love to see what London was like in the past. Sheep in London, too funny. The Chelsea Pensioner is in dire need of his eyebrows, at least, being trimmed. It’s a wonder he doesn’t set himself on fire with his pipe. I like the expression on the Sphinx, babysitting the kids.
The Thames was so much busier with trade then. Busy enough now, but all those boats. And nice to see the Prospect of Whitby regarded as a local, not as a tourist sight.
From Canada, born in London

By: Akkers

Akkers — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:27:12 +0000

Another fascinating article – would be great to have a copy of the book and look back over all the old photos.

By: Julie P

Julie P — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:25:19 +0000

I really enjoyed these photographs, thank you for sharing them, they brightened my day!

By: Jane Godden

Jane Godden — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:28:07 +0000

The scenes of London are at once familiar yet shrouded in mists of time. I love the sheep in Green Park, perhaps they should be reintroduced as natural grass mowers.

By: paul loften

paul loften — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:33:32 +0000

In those days before TV, Speakers Corner was a massive draw on a Sunday morning. The photo of the speaker and crowd brought back memories . I sometimes would take a trip down there on the Central Line on an occasional Sunday in the 60’s and recall some of the speakers. Lord Soper always amusing, The Tattooed man, covered in tatoos from head to toe. Was it Mcaguinness , it was Mc’somthing , the tramp, who held court there? He was a good speaker when sober and drew a large crowd . I think that he would talk about the the other speakers and there was a lot of laughter . The BUF , the crowd nearly always on the verge of a punch up but somehow avoiding it . The Zionists whose audience was in the same volatile state I didn’t witness fights . There was the ever present , Marxist purists SPGB , who had very good speakers but had few listeners A strange World Hebrew Congetation sect who did not appear to be ethnically Jewish comprised of a group of men all with long beards that spoke amongst themselves very quietly,almost in whispers. The whispers disapeared into their beard , . You could never hear what the main speaker had to say .It still remains a mystery to me what they stood for . A young hippy man , Martin that read poetry and was very amusing . The insults and heckling that flew from the crowd were legendary and sometimes some great pieces of wit . However that was the Speakers corner in the 60’s . From what I saw ,the police rarely had to intervene. I haven’t been there since. It must have been even more entertaining in 1944. Thank you for the photos of Jimmy’s London