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- The upper floors of many Soho houses were given over to workshops, often serving the larger West End stores, particularly the rag trade. In this case the two women are engaged in upholstery and trimming for the furniture trade.
Who doesn’t like old, black and white images of London? The fashions are more hat-based, the engines have four legs and nobody has white wires going into their ears. Kenwood House, at the posher end of Hampstead Heath, has a
new photographic exhibition of around 100 London images from the English Heritage archive. The pictures, many previously unseen by the general public, span the years 1870 to 1945, a period in which London went from a thrusting imperial capital to a crumbling, war-torn wreck. Click through the gallery above to get a taster.
Lost London runs 23 January to 5 April at Kenwood House. Entrance is free, and you get to see an impressive collection of Old Masters on permanent display to boot. All images (c) English Heritage.
