Comments on: Frank Derrett’s West End

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 10:54:23 +0000

Thanks for these great shots. So much more colour then. Remember those Golden Egg restaurants

By: Terri Hartsock

Terri Hartsock — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 20:42:15 +0000

I remember Trattoria da Otello on Dean Street! My first visit to London in 1971 (age 16), my sister took me there. Great food. I still have their business card.

By: Esther Wilkinson Rank

Esther Wilkinson Rank — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:25:29 +0000

Thank you, Paul Loften, for saving them!

By: Caryle

Caryle — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:22:44 +0000

Coming back to London in 1970 after university, living in Islington and working in Regent st really remember that time with so much energy – I worked with Mrs H who had a flat in Berwick st, ate at Jimmy’s a Greek restaurant in soho and ‘real’ Chinese restaurants, wandered the streets of the west end at lunchtime – peter jones, libertys and street markets. My cousin had a record shop in Berwick st.
Now I teach london history at Morley College Waterloo and would you believe it I’m teaching a short course on Soho after Christmas. http://Www.morley college.ac.uk W22HMSH06A. If you’re interested in a light hearted approach to social history ( I’ve been told my sessions are like a book group but unfortunately without the wine) have a look!

By: MILO

MILO — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:00:08 +0000

I moved down to London in the late 70s and these photos are exactly as i remember it down to the garish colours. The only thing missing is a shot of a ‘Berni Inn’ which seemed to be everywhere around then.

By: Val Muttch

Val Muttch — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 09:58:53 +0000

Does anyone remember’Les Enfant Terribles’ a coffee bar in Frith Street? My friend and I would often get a bus to the Embankment and wander through to Soho and have coffee there in the 50’s.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 08:55:28 +0000

The London nobody wanted to loose.
Striking pics.

By: Annie S

Annie S — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 08:34:55 +0000

Gosh, memories of the 70’s!
I didn’t live in London then but occasionally visited for the day and I remember how the Carnaby Street area looked then – familiar shop names of the era.

Re the photograph of Brook Street showing the blue plaque noting a former residence of the composer Handel – Jimi Hendrix lived in a small flat in the building next door for a while, around the time of the photos.

By: Cherub

Cherub — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 07:50:21 +0000

Great photos, this is the London my elder sister moved to with excitement as a young woman of 20 in 1973, she worked in Bruton Street then Baker Street back then, by the early 80s she’d migrated to working in the City.

Being 8 years younger I was an 80s arrival in London, my sister used to say it had lost a bit of its sparkle by then.

By: Lizebeth

Lizebeth — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 07:47:02 +0000

Wow, these photos really bring it all back. This is MY neighbourhood. I’m struck by the fact that many of the locations don’t look totally different today — just shows how careful Planning and Conservation can preserve and cherish a neighbourhood. I hope this part of London never changes too much, especially after seeing what some other areas, like Brick Lane, have suffered. Thank you for sharing them.