Definitely NFR well it is close season

[Peabody]

London in 1927 on Vimeo

Thought you would like to see our fair city in 1927

[Burt]

Excellent stuff Mr Peabody... A huge contrast in skyline, fashions, transport, etc. to today!

[Peabody]

That's right Burt and before you ask, it was another 12 years before I arrived on the scene.

[Fernhurst]

Thank you Mr P ...... Great colour images. Really enjoying remembering how things were when I was 21  :005:

[cmg]

Thanks. A very high quality bit of film for its age.

I was actually thinking how little (apart from a few concrete/glass excrescences and a lot more traffic) my wonderful city had changed.

Whatever happened to a) hats b) sparrows?

Looking up the history books (no, I wasn't there and my memory ain't that good), 1927-8 was a relegation season for Fulham. Just above South Shields (!) and just below Clapton Orient (as my Dad continued to call them till his dying day). The only connection I could find with my experience was that Frank Penn made his 300th appearance that year. He was trainer when I started out and remained so until well into his sixties.

[Burt]

That's right Burt and before you ask, it was another 12 years before I arrived on the scene.

I wouldn't have dreamed of asking...!

My dad would have been 4, although a world away from London. Literally. He was born in Darwin, Australia.

[Travers Barney]

Thanks. A very high quality bit of film for its age.

I was actually thinking how little (apart from a few concrete/glass excrescences and a lot more traffic) my wonderful city had changed.

Whatever happened to a) hats b) sparrows?

Looking up the history books (no, I wasn't there and my memory ain't that good), 1927-8 was a relegation season for Fulham. Just above South Shields (!) and just below Clapton Orient (as my Dad continued to call them till his dying day). The only connection I could find with my experience was that Frank Penn made his 300th appearance that year. He was trainer when I started out and remained so until well into his sixties.

Wonderful servant to the club was Frank Penn...a man who helped shape Fulham indeed.

coyw

[Travers Barney]

As was his compatriot and team mate Frank Osbourne who served the club for even more years...god bless the both of them.

coyw

[cebu]

Sincere thanks for this, sir. I wasn't born till 1947, but still found it fascinating.

Is it just me, or does it look like everything was moving at a slightly more leisurely pace than today?

[Peabody]

Sincere thanks for this, sir. I wasn't born till 1947, but still found it fascinating.

Is it just me, or does it look like everything was moving at a slightly more leisurely pace than today?


Funny you should say that, just look at this one from 1903 and notice the traffic chaos with all the horse drawn carriages

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[cebu]

Sincere thanks for this, sir. I wasn't born till 1947, but still found it fascinating.

Is it just me, or does it look like everything was moving at a slightly more leisurely pace than today?


Funny you should say that, just look at this one from 1903 and notice the traffic chaos with all the horse drawn carriages

[/http://youtu.be/DVQiEJW7RWg

On that one, it looks like the traffic is moving faster than it does these days!   :022: