These snapshots of London in 1973 were taken by Belfast-born photographer Norman Craig. “I worked in a lot of different buildings in the City from the 1970s to the 1990s.” Craig shared. “It’s likely I took some snaps in those years.”
For more fascinating pictures, take a look at Craig’s brilliant Flickr site.
Paternoster Square |
Cheapside |
Early evening, Piccadilly Circus |
Mounted police at Ludgate Circus |
Lunchtime stroll, Cheapside |
Resting traveller, London Wall |
Notting Hill |
Whiteleys department store |
Striding across Ludgate Circus |
Central line platform at Oxford Circus |
Kenneth Williams in ‘My Fat Friend’ at the Globe Theatre |
Cigarette on Victoria Line Tube train |
Window shopping in Oxford Street – Selfridges |
Sunbathing in Holland Park |
Couple on High Holborn |
Late evening at Leadenhall Market |
Lunchtime stroll by the Sir Christopher Wren pub, Paternoster Square |
Catching up on the news, Central Line |
Victoria Station |
Sitar fettling on Sunday in Holland Park |
Oxford Street store |
Fashionable couple walking near St Paul’s |
Office worker, Greham Street |
Newsstand |
Oxford Street |
Mannequins, Oxford Street |