Curious Photos from the Past of Great Britain (21 photos)

I present to you a selection of interesting and colorized photographs that were taken throughout the 20th century in the countries of Great Britain.





Two couples in Green Park. London, 1955.



Children trying on Adolf Hitler's mask. London, 1938.

Back then, Hitler was already the man of the year, he was published on the front page of Time magazine, and before 1939, fascist and Nazi ideas did not have such a negative connotation as they do now, many countries set Italy and Germany as an example.

In 2 years, the German air force will begin bombing London.





Winter Wales, 1962.



Three members of the English pop group The Tremeloes; Chip Hawkes, Alan Blakely and Dave Munden kiss their brides.

Trafalgar Square in London, 1967. The 60s fashion looks pretty funny now.

The Tremeloes are a British pop rock band formed in 1958 in London.



Microcars at a petrol station near Barnet. England, 1934.

During the turbulent 1930s, motorisation was taking place in England and new forms and types of cars were appearing and becoming popular.

As the country had limits on the sale of fuel to private individuals, the fuel consumption of cars was reduced along with the size of the car.



Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1977.

The city is a port on the coast of North East England. Hence the many cranes on the horizon.



Policemen test gas masks in a mobile gas chamber. London, 1939.

If the gas mask was faulty, there was a risk of inhaling toxic gases.



English family on a walk, 1931.

An extra child in an English family..., what a pity, such a cute chubby one.

Boys in England wear shorts even in the cold, and girls rarely wear tights with dresses. Even in the royal family. This is such a peculiar system of hardening children. But then you can easily endure the lack of heat at home, for which you get unimaginable bills if you turn on the heating. And if you catch a cold, it will go away on its own, it strengthens the immune system.



Some people sell bear cubs to the zoo. London, 1962.



The cloven-hoofed "lawn mowers" walk along Piccadilly from Hyde Park to Green Park. London, 1931.

In the 1920s and 1930s, sheep were regularly brought into London's parks to reduce the cost of mowing grass. The cattle were well fed, the lawn was mown and fertilized, and the owner and authorities were happy.



Baron Walter Rothschild riding a giant tortoise, Tring Park. UK, 1890s.

Interesting fact: A tortoise's shell can withstand 200 times its own weight.



An elegant cane tea stand. England, 1937.



A girl walking her cat. London, 1931.

A young exhibitor walks her kitten on a leash at the National Cat Club show at Crystal Palace.



Here, a shepherd crosses Waterloo Bridge with his sheep, 1924.



Ski jumping on a toboggan run in London in 1933.



Thames diving. London, 1934.

Apparently the water in the river was much cleaner at that time. Also, in the 1930s, the river became a popular place for swimsuit fashion shows.



Birmingham, England, 1951.



Windmill Theatre. London. UK. 1940.

At the start of the war, it was assumed that bombing cities with poison gas was inevitable. So cabaret performers wore gas masks in case of a gas attack (or simply posed for the camera).



A man sleeping in a stone sarcophagus in an East London church in November 1940, taking shelter during an air raid.



A girl hugging a dog.

Champion Bloodhound Leo Reynalton in the arms of his young owner Dorothy Horder at Crufts Dog Show in London, 1935.