Comments on: Looking Down On Old London

By: Bernie

Bernie — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:18:29 +0000

It would be helpful to know when these pictures were taken.

By: Ann V

Ann V — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:21:26 +0000

Yes, wonderful images of a magnificent city. I am proud to say that I was born in London, although I only spent the first few days of my life there. Some of my ancestors were born, lived and worked in London. It is 3 or 4 years since I visited the city, hopefully I will visit next year. Thank you so much for the images.

By: Gregory White

Gregory White — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 16:47:22 +0000

Another brilliant article & photos. Thanks

By: paul loften

paul loften — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:56:46 +0000

Thank you for these fantastic photos. Yes certainly there is an ambivalence and I think it comes from where you are looking at the scenes . For me rather than evoking sense of patriotism, it evokes a sense of continuity and pride in being a working class Londoner whose friends and family have helped over the last century in the functioning of the city. I can see the places that my father and grandfathers worked and laboured . I can see the streets that echoed to the sound of their footsteps

By: Helen Breen

Helen Breen — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:52:25 +0000

Greetings from Boston,

GA, thanks for the great bygone aerial views of the city. Missing London today, as always…

By: John Furlong

John Furlong — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:07:00 +0000

Do you by any chance have dates for the two images which show the” Albert Hall & Natural History Museum” and the “Natural History Museum and the Victoria &Albert Museum”?

There’s quite a discrepancy between each of the two buildings in these images – the latter image is pretty much identical to the appearance of those buildings today.

By: Mathilde Grange

Mathilde Grange — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:19:12 +0000

As you said, absolutely fascinating. Thank you, dear G.A.

By: Gilbert O’Brien

Gilbert O’Brien — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:25:54 +0000

Wonderful. And quite heartbreaking to see quantity of destruction wrought in the past century. Hyde Park Corner was stunning, as was St Katherine’s Docks. Thank you for these.

By: Milo

Milo — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 07:52:48 +0000

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you. Look how low level the city was. What a shame it had to shoot upwards.

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 07:35:31 +0000

Wonderful images! What a magnificent city, even with its many changes over the years, that so many of us can call home, or at the minimum ‘home of my birth’. Before retirement, I used to travel a lot through work, and it never failed to thrill me when the plane flew over London on its way to Heathrow.