Leonard Bentley
Charing Cross
This is a Photochrom Co. Ltd postcard showing the area south and east of Trafalgar Square and looking east towards the Strand. On the left is South Africa House and on the right is Grand Buildings which has a hoarding advertisng a film at the Carlton Theatre in the Haymarket. The film "Sorrowful Jones", starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, ran at the Carlton for most of June and the first week of July 1949. A Cannon Row police constable talks to a female member of the public by the Police Box on Trafalgar Square, and sandwich board men are still a common sight in the Strand. Best viewed with the zoom feature.
Charing Cross
This is a Photochrom Co. Ltd postcard showing the area south and east of Trafalgar Square and looking east towards the Strand. On the left is South Africa House and on the right is Grand Buildings which has a hoarding advertisng a film at the Carlton Theatre in the Haymarket. The film "Sorrowful Jones", starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, ran at the Carlton for most of June and the first week of July 1949. A Cannon Row police constable talks to a female member of the public by the Police Box on Trafalgar Square, and sandwich board men are still a common sight in the Strand. Best viewed with the zoom feature.