If the past is a foreign country, this is your passport.
These pictures were all taken in 1959 in London’s Soho. The picture above shows the 2i’s Coffee Bar, known as the birthplace of British rock and roll.
Thanks to Wasleso.
These are a little bit special (: Lx
look at pic 5 and then look at this link http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=EN&f=q&q=darblay+street hope it works:) its the same corner now in google maps street view. Place is still a sandwich shop! sort of:)
link is a bit vague its number 8 darblay street http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enGB307GB307&resnum=0&q=8%20darblay%20street&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl better link
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1st picture looking down frith st. here’s google maps view:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enGB307GB307&resnum=0&q=8%20darblay%20street&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
Brilliant stuff. Love it!! Makes me want to be in Soho right now. Its my favorite area of London
Why is there a bloke straddling the lampost in the Sam Widges (No.5) shot?????? (I guess we’ll never know).
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These are a little bit special (: Lx
look at pic 5 and then look at this link
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=EN&f=q&q=darblay+street
hope it works:) its the same corner now in google maps street view. Place is still a sandwich shop! sort of:)
link is a bit vague its number 8 darblay street
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enGB307GB307&resnum=0&q=8%20darblay%20street&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
better link
[...] How to be a Retronaut gibt es gerade einige wenige, aber dennoch sehenswerte Farbfotografien, die Londons Soho in den [...]
1st picture looking down frith st. here’s google maps view:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enGB307GB307&resnum=0&q=8%20darblay%20street&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
Brilliant stuff. Love it!! Makes me want to be in Soho right now. Its my favorite area of London
Why is there a bloke straddling the lampost in the Sam Widges (No.5) shot?????? (I guess we’ll never know).