I post a lot of historical photos of London. The places, the people, the unusual jobs. But what of London today? I discovered a 2016 exhibition staged by Historic England in 2016. They invited Londoners to submit photos and personal details to document the diverse population and jobs of London at that time.
All photos are the copyright of Historic England, and the photographers they employed.
Martyn Hayes, Brick Lane.
Lucy Hawley. Zookeeper at London Zoo.
Bisi Amili, Gay Rights Activist. Photographed by Tower Bridge.
Kim Abraham, a teacher. Outside her school at Netley Road School, Camden.
Liberty Clayton. Apprentice Coatmaker, Mayfair.
Jacqueline Cooper. The owner of the Manze Pie and Mash Shop, Walthamstow Hight Street.
Daniel Harris. Founder of The London Cloth Mill, Epping.
Gerhard Jenne. Owner of Konditor and Cook, Waterloo.
Amy Lamé, LGBT performer. Photographed at the Vauxhall Tavern, SE11.
Dave Wilson. At work in the control room of Tower Bridge.
Stephen Andrade and his son. Meat traders at Smithfield Market.
Dr Nirav Amin. A volunteer at Neasden Hindu Temple.
Kate Barlow of The Royal School of Needlework. Photographed at Hampton Court Palace.
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Interesting!!
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Just to contrast with my usual vintage photos, Sue.
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Delightful, Pete. You saved the best for last.
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Happy to hear you enjoyed them, Jennie.
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I did! Best to you.
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I love these photos, and the idea for this project as well. Lots of diversity throughout.
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I was pleased to find the old article, Bruce. A good overview of modern London.
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That’s a bloody good photo of Stephen Andrade and his son.
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Nicely done, David. 🙂
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I love these very human shots of humans
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Me too, Beth.
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I’m always looking, Gavin. 🙂
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Cool and informative at the same time. Thanks or sha
ring, Ed
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It is nice to see so many ‘old trades’ still flourishing, Ed.
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These are quite surprising. Teacher with blue hair and teddy bear. Well, why not? The Pie and Mash ladies…are they sisters…is it a photoshop of the same woman? It’s nice to see people manually creating coats and fabrics. Must be awfully expensive. It will be interesting for people to look back in 50 or 75 years time. Can’t imagine what London will be like then. I wonder if there will still be a man in the Tower Bridge control room!
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The standing lady is the Pie and Mash shop owner, the other a member of staff. The teacher desribed herself as ‘quirky’ in the article. (I didn’t include too much personal information as this exhibition was in 2016, and I don’t know if they are all still doing the same things.)
I like to think there will always be someone in the Tower Bridge control room, if only to make sure nobody falls in when the bridge raises. 🙂
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What brilliant pictures! I love the Penguin Pool in the London Zoo. I used to go to the Zoo0 with Dad as he was a head keeper. The Penguin Pool was always on my ‘must see’ every visit
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I love that pool too. A classic Art Deco construction that still works perfectly well today.
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What a great concept and photos. Thanks you, Pete.
That Royal School of Needlework must be a great place to work, as son by that wonderful smile,
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I would imagine that is her dream job, Don.
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A hundred years from now, I’d love to know what folks will say of those images. “Look at the clothes!” “Lots of happy faces,” “Doesn’t he look smug!”
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Yes, they are an invaluable historical resource, Dorothy.
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Great photographs depicting the diversity of London.
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They are indeed. Thanks, Darlene.
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I greatly enjoyed looking through these portraits.
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Glad to hear that, Liz.
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Great photos, Pete. I particularly loved the pie and mash shop – it reminded me of many lunchtimes spent with Mum and Nan in Kelly’s Eel and Pie shop in Green Street, Bethnal Green.
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The pie and mash shop was the one that drew my eye because of the architectural details.
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Many pie and mash shops look the same.
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I spent a lot of time in Pie and Mash shops in South London in my teens. They haven’t changed much since the Victorian era.
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Indeed. I like them the way they are, although we don’t get down that way much these days.
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I haven’t had real pie and mash since the 1980s.
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I have, but not for the past 10 years at least.
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Interesting people with interesting jobs….chuq
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People will look back on those photos in 100 years, chuq.
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Good to have a record of these people and their businesses. Be interesting to see if they’re still ongoing in the next couple of years.
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It is a great resource for future historians, no doubt about that.
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