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| Postcards of the Past |
| The City of London |
| The City of London is not one of the 32 London boroughs, being an independent City within London. It is governed by the City of London Corporation, and includes St Paul's Cathedral, but not the Tower of London which is in the neighbouring borough of Tower Hamlets. |
| No date for this excellent view of St Paul's. |
| "Mansion House & Cheapside. Chepe of the Middle Ages, and one of the most ancient and historic streets in London, extends from St Paul's to the Mansion House, and has always been a street of traders. John Gilpin, of ballad fame, was a "linendraper bold" of Cheapside. Here stood one of the Eleanor Crosses, which the Puritans pulled down in 1643. The Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London." |
| The Bank and the Royal Exchange - a 1904 postcard. |
| An undated postcard of the Mansion House. |
| Fleet Street and St Paul's by moonlight. The postmark has been obscured but probably from around 1910. |
| A Bird's-eye view of St Paul's, from the Strand - a postcard from 1928. |
| The Monument, which marks the spot where the Great Fire of London began, in 1666. |
| St Paul's and Ludgate Hill - 1920s ? |
| Three similar views of the front of St Paul's - the black and white card on the left is dated 1909, whilst that on the right was mailed in 1903. |
| The "new" Old Bailey - a 1907 postcard. |
| I used to catch a 22 Bus to Kingsland Road, Dalston, every morning in the early 1960s from outside the Bank of England. This postcard was mailed in 1909. |
| The Church of St Ethelburga in Bishopsgate. |
| Smithfield Meat Market in the early 20th Century. |
| A postcard of Billingsgate Fish Market, mailed in 1910. |
| A very clear and detailed view of Staple Inn, Holborn, posted in 1911. |
| The Law Courts and Fleet Street about 1910. |
| A 1907 postcard of Holborn. |
| An undated, early 1900s postcard. |
| Fleet Street in the early 1900s. |
| A 1908 postcard of Holborn Viaduct. |
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| Did You Know.........that Samuel Pepys, the naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is best remembered for his Diary, was born in Salisbury Court, off Fleet Street, in 1633 ? |
| And Did You Know.........that C Aubrey Smith, the English cricketer and film actor, was born in the City of London in 1863 ? |
