Central London pictures c1980

I said in a recent post that I remember taking some pictures around central London in the very early 1980’s and I’ve now found the slides and duplicated them. I can’t remember exactly when they were taken but I remember that Margaret Thatcher had only recently become Prime Minister so it must have been pretty early in the 1980’s. I moved from my home town of Fakenham in Norfolk to Harpenden in Hertfordshire in Oct 1978 and I remember that it was a little time after that that I ventured into London to take these pictures.

I specifically remember taking the photographs of 10 Downing St (not that I was a fan of Margaret Thatcher) because it is a contrast to today when you can’t enter Downing street as a member of the public. I think this was a different day to the day I took pictures in London Zoo but since it was about 35 years ago I can’t be certain.

These pictures aren’t particularly interesting from a photographic point of view but I find them immensely interesting from a historical point of view.

The camera used was an Olympus OM-20 with a standard 50mm f/1.4 lens, a Hanimex 28mm f/2.8 and a Hanimax 70-210 zoom.

Houses of Parliament on colour negative film taken about 1980

Houses of Parliament on colour negative film taken about 1980

Houses of Parliament on colour negative film taken about 1980

Houses of Parliament on colour negative film taken about 1980

Number 10 Downing street on colour negative film taken about 1980

Number 10 Downing street on colour negative film taken about 1980

Big ben in the distance on colour negative film taken about 1980

Horse guards parade on colour negative film taken about 1980

London street with Nelson’s column in the distance on colour negative film taken about 1980

A guard at Buckingham Palace on colour negative film taken about 1980

Horse guards parade on colour negative film taken about 1980

Admiralty arch on colour negative film taken about 1980

Looking down the Mall on colour negative film taken about 1980

The Victoria Memorial and Buckingham Palace on colour negative film taken about 1980

The Victoria Memorial and Buckingham Palace on colour negative film taken about 1980

The Victoria Memorial and Buckingham Palace on colour negative film taken about 1980

The Grounds of Buckingham Palace on colour negative film taken about 1980

The Victoria Memorial and Buckingham Palace on colour negative film taken about 1980