London in the 1920s changed its mood. The lifting of war time restrictions in the early 1920s created new sorts of night-life in the West End. Entrepreneurs opened clubs, restaurants and dance halls to cater for the new crazes: jazz and dancing. The capital began to feel less traditional and more modern. 'Wireless' radio was the technological marvel of the decade.
As London lightened up at its centre, so it began to spread at its edges. Electric railways opened up new suburbs for commuting. Local councils and private house builders both redoubled their efforts to build new estates on green-field sites in outer London. Those Londoners who could afford it moved out of the unhealthy inner city.
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| Construction workers taking lunch break on the edges of the building they're working on, London, 1929. |
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| Fog encases workers at Ludgate Circus, London, November 1922. It was reported that Londoners compared the effects of winter fogs to being blind as they could often only see a few yards ahead. |
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| Throgmorton St, c.1920. |
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| Thames and Tower Bridge in London, c.1920s. |
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| Twenties glamour, London, 1925. |
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| In 1921, early suffragettes often donned a bathing suit and ate pizza in large groups to annoy men. |
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| Two women having a right old laugh on a delivery bike in 1927. |
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| British Museum tube station, 1921. |
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| London heatwave, c.1920s. |
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| An ice cream vendor and his customers on the streets of London, c.1920s. |
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| Covent Garden market traders preparing for business in the 1920s outside Theatre Royal Drury Lane. |
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| Petticoat Lane market, c.1920s. |
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| London Underground in the 1920s. |
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| In the 1920s and 1930s, sheep were routinely introduced into London parks to keep the grass under control and reduce mowing costs. |
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| Ludgate Hill, London, c.1920. |
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| Clapham South underground Station, 1926. |
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| Street traffic on London Bridge, 1927. |
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| Tower Bridge, c.1920s. |
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| A worker inside Big Ben, London, 1920. |
