http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/soho-coffee-bars-1959-in-colour/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Sat, 05 Nov 2024 21:16:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/soho-coffee-bars-1959-in-colour/#comment-85443 Nil Zed Wed, 26 Oct 2024 18:42:43 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1898#comment-85443 Tony, not only could you park anywhere, but you could actually drive your car around due to the lack of cars driving around. That's what always strikes me about photos of any city in that era--the space that isn't filled in by cars. Tony, not only could you park anywhere, but you could actually drive your car around due to the lack of cars driving around. That’s what always strikes me about photos of any city in that era–the space that isn’t filled in by cars.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/soho-coffee-bars-1959-in-colour/#comment-42639 Keith Turner Thu, 14 Apr 2024 18:13:49 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1898#comment-42639 Visited them all (23 at the time). But where's the Cat's Whiskers (Kingly Street)? Visited them all (23 at the time). But where’s the Cat’s Whiskers (Kingly Street)?

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/soho-coffee-bars-1959-in-colour/#comment-42085 Tony Thu, 07 Apr 2024 17:14:33 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1898#comment-42085 I was 18 at the time and I used to go to the 2 Eye's Coffee Bar as well as the wonderful Le Macabre coffee house full of coffin shaped glass topped tables with skeletons. Note there were no yellow lines - you could park anywhere! I was 18 at the time and I used to go to the 2 Eye’s Coffee Bar as well as the wonderful Le Macabre coffee house full of coffin shaped glass topped tables with skeletons. Note there were no yellow lines – you could park anywhere!

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/soho-coffee-bars-1959-in-colour/#comment-2433 rich Wed, 23 Jun 2024 00:49:11 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1898#comment-2433 yep, pic 5, you can still see the post the guys sitting on: http://tinyurl.com/349m4td yep, pic 5, you can still see the post the guys sitting on: http://tinyurl.com/349m4td

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/soho-coffee-bars-1959-in-colour/#comment-425 Anne Hill Fernie Fri, 12 Mar 2024 17:59:04 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1898#comment-425 Why is there a bloke straddling the lampost in the Sam Widges (No.5) shot?????? (I guess we'll never know). Why is there a bloke straddling the lampost in the Sam Widges (No.5) shot?????? (I guess we’ll never know).

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/soho-coffee-bars-1959-in-colour/#comment-402 EmmaK Tue, 09 Mar 2024 17:27:11 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1898#comment-402 Brilliant stuff. Love it!! Makes me want to be in Soho right now. Its my favorite area of London Brilliant stuff. Love it!! Makes me want to be in Soho right now. Its my favorite area of London

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