Shoe shine man. c.1955 Frame:natural This is London as you've

This is London as you've never seen it before

The interior of the completed Kensington Station showing the platforms

The Westminster Election

a professional photographer based in Regent Street between 1866 and 1873

This beautifully designed edition features endpapers illustrated by a fellow mudlark and includes an 8-page colour insert showcasing Lara’s most remarkable finds

Shoe shine man. c.1955 Frame:natural This is London as you'veA shoe shine man kneels to polish the shoes of a man in a coat, suit and bowler hat. The shoe shine man's stand is on the pavement outside a shop and consists of a cover on which he kneels and puts his equipment, a crate turned on its side and a stand for the customer's foot. The stand advertises Cherry Blossom shoe polish in light tan. Fred Wilfred worked as Chief Photographer for Hawker Siddeley Aviation during the 1950s. In 1963 he started his own