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Friday 24 October 2008

Scenes of Edwardian London

Because this blog sometimes has the profound spiritual satisfaction of an Edwardian Gentlemen's Club, dating roughly back to 1904, I thought it would be useful to show our viewers what it was like to take a blissful stroll in Imperial London during the summer of that very year.

Posted by Palmerston at 01:57

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3 comments:

Terry Melanson said...

Imagine how valuable that footage will be to historians two, three, even four-hundred years from now!

24 October 2008 at 07:00
Shaftesbury said...

Wonderful stuff! Did you notice the Steam Locomotive moving in reverse?

24 October 2008 at 14:37
Kipling said...

I was impressed by how well dressed everyone was. People dress like slobs these days. Sign of the times sadly.

24 October 2008 at 20:52

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