Дорогие друзья, надеемся, вам еще не надоело отдыхать, и предновогоднее настроение вас по-прежнему радует! Усиливаем градус праздника, публикуя ретро-фотографии рождественского Лондона.
Вот как все было!
1915: A soldier carrying a christmas tree
1933: A childrens Christmas party at the Hoxton Mission, London
1939: A seasonably attired young shopper climbs on to the sandbags to get a closer look at the toys in a shop window in the West End of London
1935: A family at Christmas tea time with chocolate cake, a candelabra and holly on the table
1913: Christmas entertainments at the Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street, London
1918: A young sailor buys a Christmas tree at a greengrocers and a young boy waits in a queue of children to buy some mistletoe
1920: Two little boys dragging home their Christmas tree after choosing it at Londons Covent Garden Market
1920: The interior of a tube train decorated with foliage for the Christmas Season.
1926: A crowd of happy youngsters chase Father Christmas along a London street. He is on his way to a south London store to distribute presents
1926: Boys of Ardingly School at the start of the Christmas holidays
1929: A little girl taking home her Christmas Tree, bought from Caledonian Road Market, London
1938: Father Christmas hands out presents to children at the Aid And Adoption Society home at Leytonstone
1938: A family looks at the sparkling lights on the Christmas tree at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London
1910: Christmas Cards in Victorian Shop Window
1936: Crowds turn out for Christmas shopping on the streets of Holborn in London