London - Chapel and Portobello Markets - December 1969

Markets were a big surprise, where we lived in Australia we'd never seen this sort of thing but we loved these Market Days, especially the Markets in London.  There I am in the middle of this photo all rugged up in my duffle coat, we'd never seen ladies such as this one out and about with rollers in her hair.  And they say... 'We're a Weird Mob!'  LOL

I guess Google couldn't get down these streets on Market Days.  We'll just have to go back to London and check them out again.

I did manage to find some stalls on Google, in Portobello Road

 Busy busy busy and so crowded.

 Wow... Alices is still there and looking grander than ever.

Chestnuts... what a wonderful sight to smell and find these Chestnut sellers usually on street corners, we bought some but I can't say I've ever taken a liking to Chestnuts, I like the idea but not the taste.

London - Chelsea and around about - December 1969

 Kings Road SW3. our friend Terry lived in Chelsea Manor Street, the one on the left.

Jubilee Place.

 Oxford Street.

 Greys Inn Road, London WC1.

 St Giles Street.  A lot of change has gone one here recently, I can't even see the Church on Google.

London - Kensington Gardens - December 1969

 The Bedford Estates, Woburn Square.
And from Google below.

 Round Pond, flying kites in Kensington Gardens.

Queen Victoria in the Kensington Gardens and behind is Kensington Palace who's residents in 1969 were Princess Margaret and Tony Armstrong Jones


The Dorchester, where we'd had dinner on our first Wedding Anniversary and  below from Google.

London - Tate Gallery, Millbank - December 1969.

 Tate Gallery.

Looking very grand from Google Maps.

 Free Parking right at the door, same spot today below, I wonder how much it costs to park now.

 Nicely steam cleaned since 1969 where our photos show black smog on most of the buildings in London.

 You must go to Google Maps and drag your little yellow man towards the Tate Gallery and you will see a lot of blue lines on the roof, go in and have a look at the paintings.  The Google camera must have gone in there when it was closed to the public and placed their camera in the middle of several of the rooms... Trust me it's well worth a look.

 One of our favourite Manet paintings, A Bar at the Folies Bergere.

 Ely Cathedral painted by J.B. Harraden in 1809

 Peter Paul Rubens, The Decent from the Cross.  Not my idea of fun viewing I have to admit!

 View from Millbank across The Thames.   Today... a couple of high rise buildings replace the old.

London - Natural History Museum - November 1969

 A fire in the road making machine on the corner of Cromwell Crescent and Pembroke Avenue, NW5 Kensington near Cromwell Road and the Natural History Museum.

Same corner today from Google, phone box has gone, maybe Dr Who took it :-)

 

Natural History Museum.

Albert Memorial and below today from Google.

Buckingham Palace and today from Google Maps.

Fashion in one of Harrods windows.

London - Trafalgar Square, St Martins-in-the-Fields - October 1969.

 There were crowds and crowds hanging out at Trafalgar Square in 1969 and the whole area has the same attraction today.

Six Shillings back then, now it's... From £19  ($30.00 AUS)