#OTD 30th April 1980 The Iran Embassy Siege. Six armed Iranian dissidents seized the embassy in London taking 20 hostages threatening to blow up the building. The siege lasted 5 days and was ended by the SAS. 19 hostages were saved with 5 terrorists killed.

Three kids on Tower Beach watching a Short Sunderland flying boat on the River Thames at Tower Bridge during the Battle of Britain week celebrations in 1951.

#OTD Happy 13th Wedding Anniversary to Kate and William, married on 29th April 2011.

#OTD Paul and Linda McCartney in London 29th April 1983.

Then & Now: Green Lanes, Harringay late 1950s.
The trolley bus route 641, which ended service November 1961, making its way towards Manor House. You can just see part of a sign for the Harringay Stadium, the old dog track, now part of the Arena shopping park.

In those distant days when thrupence could get you a couple of ounces of pear drops at the sweet shop, with those great big jars of sweets just waiting on the counter for you to buy.

#OTD Paul and Linda McCartney in London 29th April 1983.

#OTD Happy 13th Wedding Anniversary to Kate and William, married on 29th April 2011.

Clerkenwell Green 1898

Who remembers the 'View-Master' with stereo images?
The View-Master introduced in 1939, Tourist attraction and travel views predominated in View-Master's early lists of reels, most of which were meant to be of interest to users of all ages.

Picking up passengers at the H.Q of Imperial Airways in 1927, at Airways House, Charles II St, Haymarket, London. Buses ran them out to Croydon Airport. Imperial passed into the Government owned B.O.A.C Nov 1939. A view of inside one of their aircraft.

#OTD 27th April 1910, Albury Street, The Electric Palace Deptford can just be seen at the end of the street.

#OTD : Nurses and Midwives in the Pageant of Women's Trades and Professions, 27th April 1909. The Pageant was organised as part of the International Woman Suffrage Conference that took place at the
Royal Albert Hall, London, between 26th and 27th April 1909.

Leigh-on-Sea, by the Estuary where the river Thames meets the sea. Nice sandy beaches and less than an hour from the City of London. I'm lucky living a short walk from this lovely place.

Cannon Wharf, circa 1856. This was a coal wharf off Cannon Row, near Westminster Bridge. The whole area was swept away during the construction of the Victoria Embankment. The type of coal trolley or waggon seen here first appeared in the late 18th century.

Setting the clock on the blackout time indicator for an evening in London, November 1939.