66 Amazing Black and White Photos Capture Street Scenes of London During the 1950s

   

Here is an amazing photo collection of street scenes in London in the 1950 that taken by photographer Allan.

 
Aldwych, London, 1 August 1955
Astoria Theatre (cinema), Charing Cross Road, London, mid-1957

 

Charing Cross Road at night, London, 1 August 1955

 

Charing Cross Road, London, 1 August 1955

 

Charing Cross Road, London, 1 August 1955

 

 
Charing Cross Road, London, 5 November 1955

 

Charing Cross Road, London, 5 November 1955

 

 
Charing Cross Road, London, 5 November 1955

 

Charing Cross Road, London, 5 November 1955

 

 
Charing Cross Road, London, 5 November 1955

 

 
Charlie Gracie posing for promotional photos in London, 5 August 1957

 

Cinerama in Soho, London, 5 November 1955

 

Coventry Street and Piccadilly Circus, London, 2 April 1956

 

Coventry Street, London, 3 January 1957

 

Coventry Street, London, 3 January 1957

 

Cranbourn St, London, 11 April 1955

 

Cranbourn Street, London, 3 January 1957

 

Cranbourn Street, London, 5 November 1955

 

District Line platforms, Earl's Court station, London, 5 November 1955

 

Ealing Broadway, London, 10 November 1957

 

East Acton arcade, London, 5 November 1955

 

Foyle's Bookshop, Charing Cross Road, London, 5 November 1955

 

Frying Pan Alley, London, 5 November 1955

 

High Holborn, London, 2 August 1955.

 

High Holborn, London, 2 August 1955

 

In Leicester Square, London, mid-1957

 

Kingsway cnr. High Holborn, London, 1 August 1955

 

Leicester Square, London, 2 April 1956

 

Leicester Square, London, 5 November 1955

 

Leicester Square, London, 11 April 1955

 

Leicester Square, London, 11 April 1955

 

Marylebone Road, London, 1 August 1955

 

Museum Street cnr. New Oxford Street, London, 1 August 1955

 

National Gallery and St. Martin's, Trafalgar Square, London, 1 August 1955

 

Odeon cinema, Marble Arch, London, 5 November 1955

 

Outside Marble Arch tube station, London, 2 August 1955

 

Oxford Street, London, 5 November 1955

 

Oxford Street, London, 21 June 1958

 

Oxford Street, London, Bank Holiday Monday, 1 August 1955

 

Parliament Street and Whitehall, London, 8 November 1959

 

Parliament Street and Whitehall, London, 8 November 1959

 

Piccadilly Circus, London, 2 April 1956

 

Piccadilly Circus, London, 3 January 1957

 

Piccadilly Circus, London, 3 January 1957

 

Piccadilly Circus, London, 5 November 1955

 

Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus, London, 7 December 1958

 

Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus, London, 7 December 1958

 

Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus, London, 7 December 1958

 

Russell Square, London, 2 August 1955

 

Selfridges, Oxford Street, London, 2 August 1955

 

Shaftesbury Avenue, London, 1 August 1955

 

Soho, London, 5 November 1955

 

Southampton Row, London, 2 August 1955

 

Southampton Row, London, 2 August 1955

 

St. Giles High Street, London, 1 August 1955

 

Stoll Theatre, Kingsway, London, 1 August 1955

 

Strand, London, 1 August 1955

 

Strand, London, 1 August 1955

 

Tower Hill, London, 5 November 1955

 

Trafalgar Square and Strand, London, 1 August 1955

 

Trafalgar Square, London, 11 April 1955

 

Underground station, probably Leicester Square, London, 3 January 1957

 

Victoria Coach Station, London, 2 August 1955

 

Warner Cinema, Cranbourn Street, London, 3 January 1957

 

Warner cinema, Leicester Square, London, 5 November 1955

 

 
Westminster Abbey, London, 31 July 1954


(Photos by Allan)