Strand, London

A photograph of four people standing outside Australia House in London’s Strand in 1935. All four are holding signs protesting Australia’s treatment of British ex-servicemen. Slogans include – ‘AUSTRALIA Celebrate the Jubilee by giving Ruined British Ex-service Settlers FULL JUSTICE’, and ‘DON’T BUY AUSTRALIAN GOODS Until British Ex-service Settlers Receive FULL JUSTICE What about it “Honest Joe Lyons”?’
Image: Photographer unknown (National Library of Australia)
From the same position in February 2022.
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Langham Place, London

This image shows All Souls Church on the left, and Queen’s Hall on the right – dominating the photograph. The Queen’s Hall in Langham Place was a concert hall which opened in 1893. It was designed by Thomas Knightley and accommodated around 2,500 people. It was London’s principal concert venue and, from 1895 until 1941, it was the home of ‘The Proms’ – a series of promenade concerts which was co-founded by Henry Wood. Many famous musicians performed there Debussy, Ravel, Elgar and Strauss. In the 1930s, the venue became the principal London base of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
On the 10th May 1941, the concert hall was destroyed by German bombing action. Following the war, it was decided not to rebuild the hall, and the Proms moved to the Royal Albert Hall.
Image: Bedford Lemere & Co (courtesy of Historic England) – 1894
In February 2022, the 1960s replacement building has just been renovated.
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Portland Place, London

Taken on October 1940, this photograph shows to damage inflicted on the BBC building – Broadcasting House in Portland Place – on October 15th, during World War II. There is a recording of a BBC newsreader reading the news as the German bomb struck the building. A slight cough, and he continued.
Image: Photographer unknown
From the same position in February 2022.
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St. John’s Wood High Street, London

This photograph is from the 1900s and shows a quiet St. John’s Wood High Street.
Image: Photographer unknown (Westminster City Archives)

Taken in January 2022, the buildings are largely similar, but the amount of street furniture, and the number of vehicles and cafes has grown dramatically.
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Admiralty Arch, The Mall, London

Admiralty arch was designed by Aston Webb and completed in 1912. Webb also designed the Victoria Memorial and the façade of Buckingham Palace. It is called Admiralty Arch because it adjoins the Old Admiralty Building. The building was commissioned by King Edward VII in memory of his mother Queen Victoria, and has been the official residence of the First Sea Lord (including Lord Mountbatten). It has also been the home of various government offices.
Under the building is a network of tunnels and chambers, including vaults which used to house the government archives and (reputedly) an underground passage connecting it to 10 Downing Street. In 2011, the building was offered for sale for £75 million. It was purchased by a Spanish real estate developer with a 125-year lease. The building is currently being converted into a 100-room hotel, with a number of apartments, and a private members’ club.
Image: Photographer unknown
In February 2022, the building is virtually unchanged (externally) and the statue of Captain James Cook can still be seen just behind the tree – which has grown a great deal in the intervening years.
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Trafalgar Square, London

This building – now known as Canada House was built between 1824 and 1827 and was originally two buildings occupied by the Union Club, and the Royal College of Physicians. It was acquired by the Canadian government in 1923 – at a cost of £223,000. The building was officially opened on 29 June 1925 by King George V. 
A bomb fell near the building during WW2, narrowly missing future Canadian PM Lester Pearson. Many renovations followed over the years and in December 2014 the Canadian High Commission transferred all of its diplomatic functions to Canada House. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh officially reopened Canada House in February 2015.
Image: Photographer unknown (1926)
I took this photograph in February 2022 having tried last Summer – when the trees were in full bloom!
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Marylebone Road, London

The London Planetarium was opened in 1958 by the Duke of Edinburgh. It was positioned on the site of a cinema which had been destroyed in WW2. For 50 years, it featured a show based on a view of the night sky, as seen from earth.
In January 2006, it was announced that the London Planetarium was to be renamed the Auditorium and that the astronomical presentations were to be replaced with entertainment shows. 
Image: Photographer unknown
A photograph taken from the same spot in January 2022.
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