Monday 1 March 2010

455 photographs
















Most of them of London streets in the 1960s and 1970s – the dawn of mass car ownership. A fascinating collection

(Above) A lost world. A child cycles confidently in the middle of the road. No helmet or high viz gear.

(Below) Lawless London. A driver speeds over a zebra crossing before the pedestrian has reached the kerb. An offence of the kind the Metropolitan Police has never had the slightest interest in taking action against.