1939 in London. Anderson shelters were being built and headlines spoke of the war. Elsewhere though, life went on as normal, with Thames beaches, East End pubs and traffic on Regent Street.

 

A couple strolling hand in hand across Tower Bridge, 1939

Cannon Street tube station, London, 1939

An Auustin LL (Low-Loader) taxicab, which was introduced in 1934. The rear portion of its roof could be folded down.

Children sleeping in the underground, 1939

Harlesden clock, 1939

Workmen erect Anderson shelters in the street for houses without gardens, September 1939

Piccadilly Circus, Christmas 1939

Fulham FC footballers clear snow from the pitch before their cup tie with Bury, 1939

The Hope Tavern on Pollards Row, Bethnal Green, 1939

London’s smallest fire station, 1939

King’s Cross Station, 1939

Piccadilly Circus, on the night before the 1939 blackout took effect

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, Christmas 1939

Tower Bridge, 1939