Nelson's Column with Lyons' Strand Corner House 20th century

Nelson's Column with Lyons' Strand Corner House 20th centuryNelson's Column with Lyons' Strand Corner House on the left. George Davison Reid took this photo from the junction of the Strand and Craven Street, outside one of the three J. Lyons Corner Houses that opened in 1915. Each floor of the Corner House had its own restaurant and live orchestral music. The ground floor contained a large food hall selling a products from hand made chocolates to wine. Opposite, at No 456, stood a branch of Jaeger, a fashion

a professional photographer based in Regent Street between 1866 and 1873

the London Museum pigeon is our icon

The architect John Nash designed the original buildings seen here in the 1820s

Two large theatre booths dominate the fairground

The Miners' March on 20 November 1927

By the early 19th century

Such boys sometimes went on to become photographers or journalists themselves

17 June 1911

some of whom are shown wearing election favours and waving flags for the different sides

the day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorn

the likes of Dizzee Rascal

John's Smith Sq