This picture gallery features atmospheric images of London streets in the 1930s, before the Blitz, before the clean air act, before sodium lighting. It was a city of gloomy back streets lit by dim lamps, with forbidding alleys and the occasional welcoming light. The photographs are from a book called London Night, by John Morrison and Harold Burdekin, which was published in 1934. They were recently posted on The Library Time Machine, a fascinating blog run by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Library Service. St Bartholomew’s Hospital Picture: Pictures from London Night by John Morrison and Harold Burkedin, 1934

Credit : Pictures from London Night by John Morrison and Harold Burkedin, 1934