London 1974 (part 1 of 2)

[feng_shui_house]

London double-decker bus

Picadilly Circus


Trafalgar Square

Sherlock Holmes Hotel

Comments

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Love them! Ah, I have never gone bythe doubledecker and now I probably lost a chance. This summer I saw only the new ones there...
And the commercials in Piccadilly Circus were no so VAST and no ubiquitus McDonald!:-)

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Maybe they'll bring back at least a few double-decker buses to please the tourists.

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Piccadilly circus has changed a lot (in general, but also since that photo was taken.)

I was in that hotel bar with killalla just the other week, though :) They refused to serve us, as it was late and we were not hotel residents ;D

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Aw, what a pity you couldn't have refreshments with at Sherlock Holmes. :^)

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

We've had drinks in there before, and it's one of the more decent places on the street. I wouldn't pay to stay there though!

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

It's a fun place to have your photo taken, though. And I bet the guests take all the stationery.

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

At those prices, I reckon they're entitled to ;D

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

The towels may fly, too. :^)

[kalinda001.livejournal.com]

Nice pics. I love that double-decker bus. I've never had an opportunity to visit the UK before but I'd love to.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Back when National Airlines first got overseas routes (in the days when the government regulated such things) dad was able to get passes for us once a year & the intinerary always had us beginning and ending at Heathrow. We never ran out of things to do just in London itself.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do love old photos... and there was something so endearingly clunky about the early 1970s.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

The early 1970's were comfortable, no sharp edges anywhere. :^)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I love the curved windows on the hotel.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Yes, they made a lovely contrast to the rather dull brick on the upper stories.

[ultrapsychobrat.livejournal.com]

Oh, these are marvelous--love the busses and all the statues. You know, one of my favorite places in San Francisco was the Sherlock Holmes Room in some hotel--I don't remember which one--that was a small bar. We were there when the Jeremy Brett Holmes was first airing on PBS.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Oh, that was good timing. :^)

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

I like those. :-)