Old black and white photographs of horrible London Smog between 1910s to 1950s
London was renowned for centuries for its infamous smog and severe pollution caused by soot particles and poisonous sulfur dioxide that were produced by the burning of soft coal. The mix of fog and coal smoke (aka black fog or killer fog) swept over the English capital, during that period of time, it’s said that 12,000 or so residents died due to the hazardous air pollution.
#1 A Lamp Lighter At Work In Finsbury Park, London, 17 October 1935
Image source: Topical Press Agency
#2 Fleet Street, 6 December 1952
Image source: Edward Miller
#3 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, 24 January 1934
Image source: Fox Photos
#4 A Man Lighting His Pipe In Thick Fog Under The Arches At The Temple, London , 23 December 1935
Image source: Arthur Tanner
#5 Central London, January 1936
Image source: Lacey
#6 National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, 1 December 1948
Image source: Warburton
#7 The Tower Of London, January 1947
Image source: Fox Photos
#8 An Iceman Delivers In The Fog, 1 October 1919
Image source: Topical Press Agency
#9 Liverpool St. Station, 29 January 1959
Image source: Edward Miller
#10 Hyde Park Corner, 25 October 1938
Image source: Fox Photos
#11 A Woman Leads A Car Through London’s Regent’s Park, 25 October 1938
Image source: William Vanderson
#12 Westminster Bridge, 14 January 1955
Image source: Topical Press Agency
#13 A Young Couple During The Great Smog, 1952
Image source: unknown.
#14 Barges Crowd Together At Hay’s Wharf In Southwark, London, 26th October 1938
Image source: Topical Press Agency
#15 St Pancras Railway Station, 1 July 1907
Image source: Topical Press Agency
#16 Piccadilly Circus, 6 December 1952
Image source: Hulton Archive
#17 Ludgate Circus, 1 November 1922
Image source: Topical Press Agency