Amazing Then-and-Now Photos Show How London Has Changed From Between the 1920s and 2010s
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The 1920s in Britain, also known as the ‘Roaring Twenties’, was a decade of contrasts. The First World War had ended in victory, peace had returned and with it, prosperity.
For the ‘Bright Young Things’ from the aristocracy and wealthier classes, life had never been better. Nightclubs, jazz clubs and cocktail bars flourished in the cities. The hedonistic lifestyle portrayed in books and films such as ‘The Great Gatsby’ was perhaps for some, an escape from reality.
So what was it like to live in the 1920s? A set of amazing photos from ‘Roll the Dice’ Flickr account shows how London has changed from between then 1920s and 2010s.
Warwick Avenue
Chelsea FC
Earls Court Road
Ebury Street
Edgware Road
Gloucester Road
Goldhawk Road
Holborn Circus
Holborn Viaduct
Holborn
Ladbroke Grove
Lanesborough Hotel
Looking down Bow Lane across Watling Street
Lupus Street
Marylebone Church
Marylebone Lane
Old Brompton Road
Prince Henry’s Room, Fleet Street
Ranelagh Road
Regency Street
Sicilian Avenue
Snow Hill
St Pancras
St Pauls Churchyard
St Pauls Churchyard
Tally Ho corner Finchley
The Anchor Bankside
Waterloo Tram Exit
Whitefriars Fire Station
