Sixteen Fabulous Colour Photos of a Weekend Trip to London in 1959

Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus by Graham Knott

In August 1959 Geoff and Marion Knott made a weekend trip to London to stay with relatives in the Elephant and Castle. They took some great colour snapshots enabling us to see London in a way that professional photographers couldn’t hope to catch.

Trafalgar Squre

Trafalgar Square by Graham Knott

 

Petticoat Lane

Petticoat Lane by Graham Knott

 

Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus by Graham Knott

 

Trafalgar Squre

Trafalgar Square by Graham Knott

 

Petticoat Lane

Petticoat Lane by Graham Knott

Royal Festival Hall

Royal Festival Hall by Graham Knott

 

London Bridge from Tower Wharf.

London Bridge from Tower Wharf by Graham Knott

Speaker's Corner

Speaker’s Corner by Graham Knott

St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul’s Cathedral by Graham Knott

All these photos and a lot more can be seen at Simon Knott’s Flickr account.

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