Some of these photographs were taken when the photographer was just 13 years old, with a Halina PET camera and Ektachrome film. He lived in Byfleet, a village lies around 20 miles from the center of London. From 1971 to 1987, he frequently visited the capital city by train.
Most of these pictures were captured using Ektachrome film. Initially developed in the early 1940s, it allowed professionals and amateurs alike to process their own films. Ektachrome has a distinctive look that became familiar to many readers of National Geographic, which used it extensively for color photographs for decades in settings where Kodachrome was too slow.
Take a look at these gorgeous Ektachrome snapshots of London in the sixties. For more fascinating vintage pictures, check out the photographer’s Flickr site.
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| Piccadilly Circus, North side, 1962 |
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| Piccadilly Circus, West side, 1962 |
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| Piccadilly Circus at night, 1962 |
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| Victoria Embankment from Westminster Bridge, 1962 |
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| Big Ben across Westminster Bridge, 1962 |
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| National Galley, Trafalgar Square, 1965 |
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| Trafalgar Square. St Martin-in-the-Fields, 1965 |
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| The Mall during Jordanian State Visit, 1966 |
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| Tate Gallery, 1966 |
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| British Museum, Bloomsbury, 1966 |
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| River Thames from Westminster Bridge, 1966 |
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| Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, 1966 |
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| New Scotland Yard and Embankment, 1966 |
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| Parliament Square, 1967 |
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| Admiralty Arch, The Mall, 1967 |
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| Lion and Bus Stop, Westminster Bridge, 1967 |
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| Embankment Gardens, 1967 |
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| Bond Street looking north, 1967 |
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| Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square, 1967 |
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| Royal Law Courts, 1967 |
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| Restaurant in Hyde Park, 1967 |
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| St.George’s, Hanover Square, 1967 |
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| View from Hyde Park to Hilton Hotel, 1967 |
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| Regent Street looking north, 1967 |
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| County Hall, 1968 |
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| Kings Weighhouse Church, Duke Street, 1967 |
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| Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, 1967 |
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| Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly, 1970 |