Peter BerthoudSep 16, 2023An Antique Souvenir of Ye Olde Cheshire CheeseYe Olde Cheshire Cheese of London City. The Literateurs' Haunt for 300 Years or The Book of The Cheese This book was published around a...
Peter BerthoudSep 12, 2023The Wooden Road Surfaces of London Mapped by Bartholemew's c. 1921In the early 1920s the Improved Wood Pavement Company issued a promotional map of London showing the extent of their wood paved roads,...
Peter BerthoudDec 8, 2022Iddy UmptyIddy Umpty - The New Wireless Card Game - Quickly teaches you to read Morse Published by Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd. London c1920
Peter BerthoudJul 15, 2012The London HorseThe British Museum have just opened a new, free, exhibition "The Horse: from Arabia to Royal Ascot". The exhibition seeks to demonstrate...
Peter BerthoudMay 24, 2012The Annual London Heatwave 1920s styleIn 1928 an anonymous writer noted that: "London's annual heat wave is always forgotten by the next year. According to Londoners it rains...
Peter BerthoudMar 16, 2012London Pubs in the 1920sThese beautiful photos of London pubs all date from around 1926. These are London pubs as our grandparents and great-grandparents enjoyed th