Almost identical; Mandrake Road, London SW17, 1963
And almost all the windows have lace curtains! Viewed from my lodgings at number 14. A tidy street of well maintained housing, identical on both sides of the street. Some houses had been re-roofed following damage during WW2 air raids. This photo was taken mid March 1963, just after the last snow had melted, ending the 'Big Freeze of '63'.
This splendid terraced row is made up of house pairs, each pair rising roughly 1m higher than its neighbour. There are 8 chimney pots to each pair, as originally each individual dwelling had four main rooms, 2 up and 2 down, each with a coal fire for heating. Following the 1956 Clean Air Act, by 1963 many owners had converted to gas or electrical heating. My landlord at Nr. 14 had installed gas fires in the two large upstairs rooms, rented out as "bed/sitting rooms". Each room had its own 'shilling in the slot' gas meter, for heating with cooking done on an adjacent gas ring.
Film: Kodak Tri X
Camera: Wirgin Edix-Mat Flex S,
Lens: Steinheil Cassar S 1:2.8 f 50mm
Scanner: Epson V800/Epson Scan Software.
Almost identical; Mandrake Road, London SW17, 1963
And almost all the windows have lace curtains! Viewed from my lodgings at number 14. A tidy street of well maintained housing, identical on both sides of the street. Some houses had been re-roofed following damage during WW2 air raids. This photo was taken mid March 1963, just after the last snow had melted, ending the 'Big Freeze of '63'.
This splendid terraced row is made up of house pairs, each pair rising roughly 1m higher than its neighbour. There are 8 chimney pots to each pair, as originally each individual dwelling had four main rooms, 2 up and 2 down, each with a coal fire for heating. Following the 1956 Clean Air Act, by 1963 many owners had converted to gas or electrical heating. My landlord at Nr. 14 had installed gas fires in the two large upstairs rooms, rented out as "bed/sitting rooms". Each room had its own 'shilling in the slot' gas meter, for heating with cooking done on an adjacent gas ring.
Film: Kodak Tri X
Camera: Wirgin Edix-Mat Flex S,
Lens: Steinheil Cassar S 1:2.8 f 50mm
Scanner: Epson V800/Epson Scan Software.