Doing the washing with the new washer in 1885.

This is exactly Vera & Avice, loving the freedom of cycling, but they wore a shirt and tie. I tell the story of the ten siblings, through their letters in my podcast #100YearsofCox buzzsprout.com/1155872

Bicycle fashion of the 1890s

The 'Time Lady' or the 'Speaking Clock' this lady is in Chicago 1930
The lady would give the time 'live' every 15 seconds before the automated system arrived in 1937

Shoe shine boy c1895

Colourised by JMcolours

A maid looks over a balcony in Montmartre, Paris in 1904.

A Victorian Street Photographer c1890
It's thanks to people like this, we get to see the wonderful photographs that give us a glimpse into the past.

Arthur Conan Doyle and his first wife Louise on a bicycle made for two in 1892
Colourised by JM colours.

Flower sellers on the Whitechapel Road, London c1890

Riding the Caterpillar on a womans outing in Clapham, London 1958

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day

In 1735, John Joseph Merlin impressed his party guests with a pair of wheeled shoes he'd created. By the 1890s, roller skating had become a popular past time, as shown by this photograph of three Victorian ladies wearing roller skates.

Thank you for every telling me this is Ilfracombe on the North Devon coast and not Cardiff.......🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

A fire engine coming round the corner of West Bar and Corporation Street in Sheffield, the George and the Dragon pub stands in the background. C1901

Cardiff, Wales. 1890

Piccadilly, Manchester 1914

If only the trains ran and the refreshment rooms looked like this.....

J Sainsburys, Rye Lane, Peckham London 1931

Looking up Tottenham Court Road from Oxford Street c1888

Lift attendants at London Selfridge's store in 1920

Hope everyone had a nice break. Time to get those unwanted pounds off, like these passengers in the gym on the Titanic in 1912.