Comments on: Charles Skilton’s London Life, 1950

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 21:30:32 +0000

A wonderful set of postcards! So much that is familiar to my own childhood growing up in London during the 1950s. I remember the rag and bone man would give us either a balloon, or a goldfish in a plastic bag when my mother had something for him. We had no fish tank at home, so had to accept just the balloon.

By: Di Corry

Di Corry — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:21:36 +0000

Evocative, thought provoking and another trip down memory lane for me.
The rag and bone man and the flower seller are my favourites, the 1950’s of my East End childhood seem a lifetime away now…….

By: Cynthia McNair

Cynthia McNair — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:23:57 +0000

Brought back wonderful memories. Although I was born four years later, I can just remember the docks in london when travelling up on the river from Greenwich which was a treat. Also feeding the pigeons in Trafalgar Square.
So much history lost really although I still love to visit.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:50:39 +0000

How very like my 1950’s childhood these photos look & feel. SO evocative! SO reminds me of the ‘ordered’ world we have traded for relaxed clothing, everyhing really; messier everything and so much ambient urban noise now and amount of cars on the road compared to then.

By: Ann V

Ann V — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:11:05 +0000

I love these images. My favourite is number 3 – The Busy Docks in the Port of London. More please.

By: Mathilde Grange

Mathilde Grange — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:21:45 +0000

Thank you, dear G.A. The Escapist and the Rag-and-Bone Man are my favorites.

By: Achim

Achim — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 06:10:35 +0000

An incredible find! And with it “delayed” postcard greetings from London by 71 years. — I am so thrilled that I immediately bought the complete set on EBAY. Thank you so much!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Saba

Saba — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 01:57:08 +0000

People had style. The rag and bone man looks positively dapper although the judges are a bit of a hoot.