London-based photographer Norman Craig took these fascinating photos that show street scenes of London in the early 1970s.
“I worked in a lot of different buildings in the City from the 1970s to the 1990s. It’s likely I took some snaps in those years. I’ll look through my old negs from time to time to see if there’s anything worth uploading.”
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| Looking downriver towards Tower Bridge and HMS Belfast, London, March 1972 |
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| Looking upriver towards Tate Modern from the Monument, London, March 1972 |
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| Monument erected after the Great Fire of London. That's Pudding Lane on the right, where the fire started in 1666, March 1972 |
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| Party of Japanese tourists waits for a late coach, London, 1972 |
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| A kiss in the rush hour, London, March 1973 |
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| Ashdown Oysters, Leadenhall Market, City of London, late evening, March 1973 |
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| Before BT Centre, London, March 1973 |
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| Cheapside, London, June 1973 |
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| Entrance to the Smithfield meat market, London, March 1973 |
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| Fashionable couple walking near St Paul’s, London, March 1973 |
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| Fixing the kerbs in Farringdon Road, London, March 1973 |
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| Fleet Street, London, June 1973 |
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| Leadenhall Market, City of London, late evening, March 1973 |
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| Leadenhall Market, City of London, late evening, March 1973 |
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| Loading the carcasses at the Smithfield meat market, London, March 1973 |
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| London Wall, March 1973 |
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| Looking for customers at St Martin within Ludgate, Ludgate Hill in the City of London, summer 1973 |
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| Lunchtime stroll by the Sir Christopher Wren pub, Paternoster Square, London, April 1973 |
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| Lunchtime stroll to check the shops and catch up on the scandal, London, April 1973 |
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| Mounted police, presumably City of London, at Ludgate Circus, summer 1973 |
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| Office worker enjoying a lunchtime sandwich near St Paul's, London, April 1973 |
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| Office worker on Gresham Street, London, March 1973 |
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| Potman from the Sir Christopher Wren pub collects beer mugs from the seating near St Paul's, London, April 1973 |
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| Racks of rib roasts at the Smithfield meat market, London, March 1973 |
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| Routemaster double-decker number 6 bus on Farringdon Road on the way to Kensal Rise, London, March 1973 |
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| Russian hats were all the rage, London, 1973 |
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| Scene the day after the IRA car bomb in Old Bailey, London, March 1973 |
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| Smart couple on High Holborn, London, June 1973 |
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| Striding across Ludgate Circus in the spring sunshine, London, April 1973 |
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| The remains of pig carcases, in skips ready for disposal, probably to the sausage factory, at the Smithfield meat market, London, March 1973 |
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| Wrestling with a tin of peanuts in the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral, Paternoster Square, London, April 1973 |
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| City messenger on the high walk from the Barbican to Wood Street, London, March 1974 |
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| Little bit of gossip on the way to the shops, London, 1974 |
(Photo © Norman Craig)