This photograph was taken in May 1951, looking east along Jermyn Street, near to Piccadilly. Fortnum and Mason is the building to the left. A Scott’s (hat shop) delivery vehicle is crossing Jermyn Street. Laid out in 1664, the street was developed by Henry Jermyn (1st. Earl of St. Albans) following agreement by Charles II.
Over the years it has developed into the centre of the luxury tailoring trade in London. There have also been many notable residents including The Duke of Marlborough, Isaac Newton, Louis Napoleon and Al Bowlly. During a bombing raid in 1941, Bowlly was killed by a German parachute mine which destroyed his flat on Jermyn Street.
Image: Photo by Kurt Hutton – Picture Post – Hulton Archive – Getty Images
By February 2020, Jermyn Street is a one-way street and is largely pedestrianised.
Image: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)
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