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London in 1949 (upload.wikimedia.org)

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[–]Vic_Rattlehead 50 points51 points ago

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Whew, now I really want a cigarette!

[–][deleted] 23 points24 points ago

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Protip: If you don't have a cigarette, just carry around a pack of gum. Most 10 year old kids would be more than willing to trade a few stogies for a pack of Beechnut gum.

[–]AmIKawaiiUguuu 7 points8 points ago

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I believe a populace that feels the urge to carry around packs of cigs and gum are just living in a society where telecom mobile devices haven't been invented yet.

[–]fancy-chips 2 points3 points ago*

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think of the unwashed troglodytes with their primitive brains thinking, "Heurrr me bored. Me not think what do. Me chew sticky sweet gum stuffs hurr"

so uncivilized

[–]DragonGT 0 points1 point ago

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Lol, well if nothing else they were probably better at socializing than most internet kids are today.

[–]nodnodwinkwink 0 points1 point ago

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People just like having something in their pockets. amirite or amirite?

[–]grubas 10 points11 points ago

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Find some pictures of Times Square in the 70's, you'll really want an XXX show.

[–]Vitalstatistix 0 points1 point ago

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So sad how they turned NYC/Times Square into such a lame G-rated version of itself over the past 20 years. I would have much preferred the XXX shows and vagrants, myself.

[–]zulubanshee 4 points5 points ago

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It had a sort of low-life charm, but it was pretty dangerous.

[–]HeyItsMau 8 points9 points ago

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So sad? Real life is not a place to play out your romantic, noir, fantasies. I don't care if Times Square turns into a candy-land made of gumdrops and smiles,the improvement is beneficial for everyone save for those with the misguided opinion that real New York should be an intimidating, gritty, and dangerous place. Your opinion is kinda selfish.

[–]Ithinkthere4Ibooze -1 points0 points ago

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS7Q3tcnHWM There ya go....I feel like that takes ya back to the time of the Warrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyas.

[–]rtwpsom2 1 point2 points ago

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Really? The first thing I wanted was to go get my pressure washer.

[–]platytudepus 0 points1 point ago

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Haha, that was the first thing that ran through my mind.

[–]koy1 39 points40 points ago

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sometimes i forget the past is in color

[–]KeytarVillain 22 points23 points ago

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No it wasn't; color was invented in the 1930s.

[–]MirrorLake 4 points5 points ago

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Photochrom prints aren't true-life color, but they're still amazing to look at.

This one is incredible: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/3g04637u_unprocessed.jpg

[–]Errorstein 0 points1 point ago

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That looks exactly like the streets in once upon a time in America.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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yeah and and it seems they also had google street view

[–]onlythis 0 points1 point ago

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The past wasn't in color. It was colorized, so some things were still black and white.

[–]Fidena 17 points18 points ago*

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwahIQz0o-M

London in color, 1927.

Edit: 6:08

[–]DRW_ 2 points3 points ago

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The comments are hilarious. Did the EDL or BNP link to that video somewhere?

[–]foofly 0 points1 point ago

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I did have a giggle at the comments. Bloody BNP / EDL

[–]quietyoufool 0 points1 point ago

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I think you meant this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwahIQz0o-M&t=366

Good find.

[–]Synek -1 points0 points ago

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It looks like TF2.

[–]dannyduh 15 points16 points ago

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Piccadilly circus to be exact. Here is a picture of it in the 60's:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Piccadilly_Circus_in_London_1962_Brighter.jpg

and a picture of it now:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/The_Ballet_of_Change-_Piccadilly_Circus%2C_London.jpg

[–]sandst0rm42 0 points1 point ago

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well, after just reading a reddit thread about Detroit, it sure is refreshing to see a comparison pictures of an city structure that hasn't completely decayed since the 60's

[–]glenomenon 16 points17 points ago

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Why are so few of these men wearing hats?

[–]Fidena 29 points30 points ago

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Unlike America, Britain gave up hats during WW2 due to supply shortages and they never really went back in to style.

America held onto hats until the early 60's.

[–]LettersFromTheSky 25 points26 points ago

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Something we should have never given up, it was classy.

[–]totopo 5 points6 points ago

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and cumbersome

[–]AmIKawaiiUguuu 10 points11 points ago

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Yea I much prefer the tshirts hoodie and cargo pants look that so much propagates itself as the standard (lowest common denominator).

Go to college wearing a tie and you may be called a preppy faggot.

[–]thepainteddoor 9 points10 points ago

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You'd let that stop you?

[–]Palujust 3 points4 points ago

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As a student at a university where the co-op program is quite popular, I see peers in suits/business attire quite frequently.

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[–]Palujust 0 points1 point ago

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Perhaps not. Suit wearing may be an indicator of job interviews, but if you're still wearing a suit well into the final months of the term, then you're not necessarily "doing well".

[–]vooglie 2 points3 points ago

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How dare people wear comfortable things!

[–]Zoshchenko 2 points3 points ago

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'60s

[–]Throwaway_sausage 53 points54 points ago

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Here's a little montage of this photo against a modern photo I made and posted a while back to /r/london

[–][deleted] 55 points56 points ago

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Now I want to look at some mormon porn...

[–]donkeyrage 13 points14 points ago

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fucking Sanyo

[–]bitofaknowitall 15 points16 points ago

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I would love to see this wort of feature added to google earth - Historical Streetview

[–]whitefoot 5 points6 points ago

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You should have left out a lot of the small circles. They don't add anything to visualizing the 1949 photo but they make it harder to see the modern photo.

[–]Lmkt 0 points1 point ago

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Coolest thing I've seen all day!

[–]Grepus 0 points1 point ago

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Love your montage... Any idea where one could acquire a large version to print out? Loved my time living in London and would love this on the wall as a memento.

[–]bigstud31 19 points20 points ago

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They loved their fags.

[–]graffiti81 14 points15 points ago

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And if you really wanted to, you could probably bum a fag with no problem.

[–]Zeppelanoid 6 points7 points ago

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Don't be a bumder.

[–]blindassassin 3 points4 points ago

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upvote for inbetweeners reference

[–]Zeppelanoid 2 points3 points ago

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Neil's dad's bent.

[–]AmIKawaiiUguuu 5 points6 points ago

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To be fair, fags were loved very much back then. It was fag heaven.

[–]Anon_is_a_Meme 4 points5 points ago

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On the other hand, homosexuality was illegal and could be punished with chemical castration.

[–]skinker 7 points8 points ago

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I must smoke now.

[–]elwood78 5 points6 points ago

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Trench coats need to make a come back..

[–]Itsatrapski 2 points3 points ago

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That whole style needs to come back. Whenever there's an occasion to wear my 3-piece, I wear it the whole damn day. I'm a fan of the vests.

[–]elwood78 1 point2 points ago

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I love vests. I've got a suite from the 70s, and I always rock the vest.

[–]cajunbander 1 point2 points ago

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Gotta keep it classy, I always wear a vest. I was a goormsman in a friend of mine's wedding, and his gifts to us were engraved pocketwatches. Anytime I dress up I rock the vest and my pocketwatch like a motherfucker!

[–]LloydBentsen 0 points1 point ago

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Columbine kinda ruined them.

[–]hcmonahan 3 points4 points ago

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Thanks for the sweet pic, RonaldReaganPenis.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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No problem, hcmonahan.

[–]StabbyMcRunFast 4 points5 points ago

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Chalmers Butterfield.

What a delightful name.

[–]dowhatthouwilt 2 points3 points ago

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Any time I see an older photograph, I think the same thing: "What the hell happened to dressing nicely?"

[–]fancy-chips 4 points5 points ago

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comfort trumping tradition

and the 60's

[–]americasux 2 points3 points ago

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mass production consumption-oriented society. began in the 1920's, but really took off in the 1950's and became omnipresent in the 2000's. clearly it's ebbing right now, which is great fucking news.

[–]zogworth 1 point2 points ago

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Artificial fabrics

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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Kodachrome!

[–]tdrules 3 points4 points ago

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by jove, not a darkie in sight!

In all seriousness it's amazing how much London has changed as a culture in such a tiny speck of history.

[–]evabraun 3 points4 points ago

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Hasn't changed much.

[–]finanseer 2 points3 points ago

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Nice! Looks to be close to Piccadilly Circus, anyone confirm?

[–]HeyRememberThatTime 7 points8 points ago

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It is. Here's the closest I could get the framing in Google Street View: http://g.co/maps/4aamc

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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It is, I believe that's Shaftesbury Avenue.

[–]nebbish 0 points1 point ago

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Yes, I came here to ask if anybody else thought it was Shaftesbury Avenue

[–]Grezzz 2 points3 points ago

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Can anyone identify the makes/models of any of the cars for me please?

[–]Polyeidos 0 points1 point ago

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The three in the foreground are all Austin 12/4 taxis; the one on the left is a mid-30's, the two on the right are, I believe, late 30's. Sorry, I know nothing of the others.

[–]al-e 2 points3 points ago

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Where are all the women?

[–]hipalbatross 1 point2 points ago

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GAY!

[–]Zeusophobia 2 points3 points ago

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Why is everything in English?

[–]SlashMonster 7 points8 points ago

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Ahh what a Bolly Time that was!

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[–]notonyourradar 7 points8 points ago

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Look how dirty the buildings are. Yick!

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

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London was a nasty place back then. This is just three years before the Great Smog hit London and killed 12,000 people.

[–]HeyFlo 6 points7 points ago

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It was all those fags.

[–]Trepkkos 1 point2 points ago

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...it still is

[–]SweetNeo85 0 points1 point ago*

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Holy shit. Gotta watch out for those Middle-Earth dragons I guess.

EDIT: Oh Smog...

[–]LettersFromTheSky 8 points9 points ago

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You do realize that 5 years earlier - London was a pretty much a pile of rubble from German bombing right? I'm more surprised how clean it is and how buildings are actually standing.

[–]zogworth 1 point2 points ago

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Not so much, London wasn't really bombed after 1941 as forces were redirected to the eastern front, also improvements in airborne radar made the later bombing missions pretty costly.

[–]MantheDam 5 points6 points ago

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Yeah, aside from the V1 and V2 rockets that kept hitting the city until pretty much the end of the war.

[–]d139nn 0 points1 point ago

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London was bombed heavily in the war, but it was never flattened. The East end docks took most of the bombs, and they are just one section of a massive city. I think the way the Blitz is portrayed is that the entire city was reduced to rubble and plucky little Brits muddle on and managed to thrive and prosper, but it is mainly good pr rather than fact (and looting, mugging and profiteering were rampant during the blitz). Everyone lived in fear, and the damage to the city was huge, but the majority of places were undamaged by bombing.

[–]deadgreystar 1 point2 points ago

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They're pretty much the same now, the sandstone gets damaged by the chemicals that clean the soot off so a lot of Georgian and Victorian buildings in old cities are black or grey.

[–]Anon_is_a_Meme 1 point2 points ago

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It was only in the 1960's that the soot-blackened buildings started to be cleaned up.

[–]erick103 1 point2 points ago

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All the cigarette ads make me happy.

[–]trubluciv 1 point2 points ago

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such a cool action shot...is there anymore pics of this era like this?

i wonder what living back then would have been like?

[–]Ilgarlando 1 point2 points ago

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So much cancer in this picture

[–]gypsiequeen 1 point2 points ago

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wow i was sitting there less than 2 months ago, literally thinking 'i wonder what this looked like, 50 years ago'

welp, there you have it, folks.

[–]GnarltonBanks 1 point2 points ago

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People these days dress like shit compared to back then.

[–]MMcDD 1 point2 points ago

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Clearly this is fake, they didn't have color back then.

[–]miurabull 1 point2 points ago

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I like studying these kind of images for rogue time travellers. Couldn't find any in this particular shot. They either had a good courier that day who had an authentic wardrobe facility available or 1949 London wasn't a popular destination. Probably all busy back looking at London 2088. Now that was an eye opener!

[–]Stonelocomotief 1 point2 points ago

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Woah.. didn't know they had colours back then!

[–]flashingcurser 1 point2 points ago

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Is it just me or do the cars seem old for 1949? Is that a standard body for a taxi? Compare that with a completely random 1949 google image of Harlem US.

[–]bafta 3 points4 points ago

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All the vehicles would have been made in the Thirties,the war totally bankrupted Britain

[–]preske 1 point2 points ago

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With pictures like that, I'm always wanting to be able to travel in time, just to visit places like that.

[–]uberflibs 1 point2 points ago

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Every time I see an old picture like this, I want to turn my head, to wander around, and to experience the sounds and flavor. It saddens me that it can never be.

[–]darthtankerous 1 point2 points ago

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London in 2004

[–]theHomers 1 point2 points ago

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Very similar angle of this street in 2006

[–]dossier 1 point2 points ago

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Oh my god! It's harry potter!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Anyone else miss tobacco advertising?

[–]Bruc3w4yn3 1 point2 points ago

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Arkham City, anyone?

[–]ptrwhtl 3 points4 points ago

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What a shitty circus...

[–]ueegul 1 point2 points ago

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This is the earliest photo I've seen in which many men are not wearing hats. I wonder why that is?

[–]Fidena 2 points3 points ago

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Europe gave up hats during WW2.

[–]glucoseboy 0 points1 point ago

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I noticed that too. I wonder if hat-wearing in the 40s was more of an American thing?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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"WILLS's"!? REALLY!? Is this acceptable in British English?

[–]DubaiCM 7 points8 points ago

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Yes. The brand (Goldflake Cigarettes) is owned by Wills, hence it is Wills's.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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Ahh, apparently if the "s" at the end has a "z" sound then you don't use an 's but since Willis has an "s" sound at the end you add the whole 's.

http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/lrw/grinker/LwtaApostrophes.htm

[–]bafta 1 point2 points ago

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No it is exactly as DubaiCM describes it,the name is Wills so Goldflake is Wills's goldflake

[–]E-Step -1 points0 points ago

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In that case don't you just have Wills' Goldflake?

Or did all my English teachers lie to me?

[–]garethashenden 0 points1 point ago

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It took me a while to figure out that this is Piccadilly Circus, I walk through there so often, but it's changed so much.

[–]hooliganking 0 points1 point ago

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Ah the Golden Puff of the Gold Flake - My first love! :)

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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For cars back then, those are really nice rims!

[–]cocobengo 0 points1 point ago

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So basically nothing has changed? Still looks the same

[–]GinsuGuy 1 point2 points ago

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All the soot stains are gone. Before steam cleaning became popular buildings had a yellow to black tinge.

[–]six-by-nine 0 points1 point ago

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that's amazing, I go their fairly regularly it's great to see how little has actually changed, building wise. That and the buses/bus stops look the same XD

[–]GreyArrow 0 points1 point ago

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Looks the same.

[–]shawndw 0 points1 point ago

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man i can use a smoke

[–]wslawson1 0 points1 point ago

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the street was soooo cool

[–]DoctorPotatoe 0 points1 point ago

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I was really worried opening this link after seing OPs name.

[–]monstrous_moose 0 points1 point ago

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As an American, I thought this is what London still looks like

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Not far off tbh. Newer vehicles and advertising. Actually less cars, but many more buses and taxis. Less grainy respectable dirt and more fluffy, discarded takeaway food packaging dirt. Most of those buildings are still there practically the same. We realised that if the war hadn't destroyed it, it probably was worth keeping in authentic form. This is the same view in 1896: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Piccadillycircus1896.gif

and modern (Though not completely- still has the old routemaster bus): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Plaza_de_Piccadilly_Circus_en_Londres.JPG

[–]Jesstron 0 points1 point ago

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Ahh Wills' Goldflake. Makes me miss India.

[–]obliviousheep 0 points1 point ago

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Check out those low profile tires and blacked out rims on those bitch buckets. Some things never change.

[–]TheBarioth 0 points1 point ago

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I thought everything before the year 2000 was in black and white?

[–]Crawlerado 0 points1 point ago

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You were very fond of fags at the time I see.

[–]mrsoojay 0 points1 point ago

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It was badass then. It's still cool now, but it's definitely been overtaken by crappy advertising everywhere you look.

[–]herpichj 0 points1 point ago

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looks so much more happy when its not in black and white

[–]habadacas 0 points1 point ago

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do you think its a reasonable assumption that every person you see in that photo is dead?

[–]reeelax 0 points1 point ago

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Those cars have some nice rims.

[–]flexytev 0 points1 point ago

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Samwell the Craven?

[–]eddymurphyscouch 0 points1 point ago

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where's all the pale hot british chicks?

[–]Dr_Pooper 0 points1 point ago

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It looks like a magical time and place.

[–]troves 0 points1 point ago

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I love how you can tell it's Shaftsbury Avenue even after all these years...

[–]Farko69 0 points1 point ago

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It's incredible the changes that can happen in the span of a single lifetime. Makes me wonder what another few lifetimes will bring...

[–]Grimoire 0 points1 point ago

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What is with all the digital noise in the picture? Surely a picture like this deserves a good quality scan...

[–]Grimoire 0 points1 point ago

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Ah, I found a better version here: http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/01/1940s-london-in-stunning-hig-resolution-colour/

Full screen and full zoom lets you actually see grain of the film. I suspect someone attempted to sharpen the original and added a lot of blur and digital noise as as result...

[–]Mookiewook 0 points1 point ago

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They had Instagram in 1949?

[–]Archwell 0 points1 point ago

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Picadilly Circus!?

[–]thechickabides 0 points1 point ago

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Genuinely no offense intended, but I wasn't that interested in your pic. What REALLY grabbed me was your username. RonaldRegansPenis? You just made my day.

[–]Xanthon 0 points1 point ago

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And here I thought real life didn't have any colours until the late 70s.

[–]murderland 0 points1 point ago

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this is fake, everyone knows the world was in black and white back in the day

[–]rabbithole12 0 points1 point ago

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KodakChrome!!!!

[–]hoyohoyo 0 points1 point ago

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This is cool! I'm interning right down the road from here :)

[–]bellelabondage 0 points1 point ago

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I want to go to there.

[–]noise_shaper 0 points1 point ago

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1949: Tophats 2011: Football hooligans in trainers

[–]Carambar 0 points1 point ago

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I say, Jolly!

[–]RobinTheBrave 0 points1 point ago

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It's almost shocking to see such an empty skyline.

[–]LettersFromTheSky 2 points3 points ago

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It's shocking to see that some things never change (red double Decker buses)

[–]deadgreystar 4 points5 points ago

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The routemasters are no longer in service, and haven't been for a several years.

The only place in the UK that has a working fleet of them is Edinburgh now.

[–]DubaiCM 2 points3 points ago

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The classic Routemaster is still in use on the London Heritage Routes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routemaster#London_heritage_routes.

[–]toadwarrior 1 point2 points ago

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There are some stored up here in Cambridgeshire. I presume the bus company is going to restore them. I would hope they're not just being left to rot in garage.

[–]RobinTheBrave 1 point2 points ago

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About all that's the same is the colour and number of decks. Those are the old routemaster buses, where the driver had his own compartment at the front, you got on at the back and a conductor took your money. Now you get on at the front and the driver does the conductor's job as well as his own.

Lots of people loved the routemaster, but it had a top speed of about 40mph, horrendous fuel consumption and a jerky, bumpy ride compared to a modern bus.

[–]letwirl 0 points1 point ago

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Looks quite like diagon alley

[–]thepainteddoor 0 points1 point ago

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Damn, Kodachrome is so instantly identifiable.. how can I fake that look in my photos? Probably impossible to recreate the je ne sais quoi.

[–]pagit 1 point2 points ago

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yea I love the red and browns of Kodachrome, but I loved the greens in Fujichrome

[–]ih82sayitbut -1 points0 points ago

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Bewlay pipes sign is very similar to Coca-Cola.....Just sayin

[–]Blitzkev 0 points1 point ago

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I thought it was a sign for booty pipes.

[–]whisk3rs -1 points0 points ago

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Anyone else thought "It must've smelt horrible with all those cars around"?

[–]deakterinbuuuuu3rg -1 points0 points ago

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Finland 1949

[–]shazang -1 points0 points ago

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I always show this photo to people who ask me what Kodachrome is. The fuckers.

[–]tronn4 -5 points-4 points ago

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Came to DOWNVOTE for the repost. Left satisfied

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