Amazing Photos Document Everyday Life of England in the Late 1930s _ Ukhistorical

   

These amazing photos were taken by an American during his vacation in England in 1938. They show everyday life in towns, villages, cities in England, from rural to urban areas...

A sign for Hovis and The Golden Brown, Puttenham

 

Abinger Hammer in Surrey

 

Albert Weller store on Middle Street, Shere

 

Albert Weller store, coal merchant and cars for hire on the right, Shere

 

Bibury, Gloucestershire.

 

Bibury, Gloucestershire

 

Boy walking on street in Shere

 

Bradford on Avon

 

Capel, Surrey

 

Church Street, East Hendred, Oxfordshire

 

Cirencester, Gloucestershire

 

City Gate, Salisbury

 

Colebrook Street in Winchester

 

Cycling in Shere

 

East Street, Corfe Castle

 

East Street, Corfe Village

 

Elstead Bridge at the Wey River in Surrey

 

F. Budden, Butcher & Grazier in Corfe Castle, Dorset

 

High Street Winchester

 

Ludgate Hill, London

 

Man in front of Shiremark windmill in Capel, Surrey

 

Man walking on street in Hagbourne, Oxfordshire

 

Near Abinger Hammer in Surrey

 

Nottingham Fee, Blewbury

 

Penguin house at London Zoo

 

Saint Edward's Church on the right in Corfe Castle, Dorset

 

Saint Edward's Church Tower on the left in the village, Corfe Castle, Dorset

 

Shere Norman church

 

Shere, Surrey

 

Shiremark windmill in Capel, Surrey

 

Signs on streets in Shere

 

St James's church, Shere

 

St Paul's Cathedral, London

 

Street in Shere

 

Street in Tilford, Surrey

 

Street with signs in Corfe Castle, Dorset

 

The Bank of England in London

 

The Red Lion pub, Blewbury

 

The Royal Exchange of London

 

The Steet, Compton, Guildford

 

The Street, Puttenham

 

The White Hart Hotel, Witley

 

Tilford in Surrey

 

Upton Grey, Hampshire

 

Victoria Embankment, Hungerford Bridge, London

 

Village from Corfe Castle

 

West Street, Corfe Castle, Dorset

 

West Street, Corfe Village

 

Winchester Street with Cadena Cafe and Prall Jeweller

 

Windsor, Berkshire


(Photos from Richard)