10-05-2021, 02:02 AM (This post was last modified: 10-05-2021, 02:05 AM by Tony Griffiths.)
From a Facebook post.
Frith Street, Soho, 1948
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In addition to the model of 7, there are other five cars to identify....
The Austin is only20 years old, possibly saw little use through war years, but looks distinctly used. Many cars are now hounded off the road for pedantic reasons, but it is not common to see even 25 year old cars that look very run down.
Even I can rember the 1960s when could often park almost anywhere anytime except downtwn in large cities during work days.
What is car behind shoulder? Too early for Sunbeam 10?
The atmosphere depicted is very redolent of post war Britain but some features in the photograph can still be seen today. eg: the Palladium columns half way down the street.
The Istanbul Cafe was very popular, apparently during the war years, and images of it can be found on the web.