BBC link to London's East End in colour

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BBC link to London's East End in colour

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The BBC have some lovely shots of the East End circa 1960-1980 including streets in Stepney, Whitechapel and Spitalfields - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-4 ... eed-object
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G'Day Gents

Used to drive through the East End in the 70's and 80's quite a lot so they bring back some memories, love the 'old' cars.

What I wonder is, 'what' it looks like now !!

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Manna

I hope this answers your question. Just slide over the pictures for a then and now.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ondon.html
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Nothing much to do with model railways but the 'Ripper' still cast a long shadow over the east end during the 1950s & 1960s.
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G'Day Gents

Thanks for the link, very interesting, surprises me that a lot of the places in the pictures still survive.

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