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James Lucas@JamesLucasIT · Aug 22, 2025

Life in England 50 to 100+ years ago 🧵 1. This is what England looked like in 1945

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A visual journey through English life from the 1890s to 1980s, featuring iconic moments like post-WWII celebrations, London street scenes, children at play, beach outings, and subcultures, with historical context about wartime camouflage and infrastructure projects.

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    Life in England 50 to 100+ years ago 🧵 1. This is what England looked like in 1945

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    2. London Bridge commuters in 1984 x.com/WorldByWolf/st…

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    3. English kids playing 125 years ago

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    4. Morning prayers before milk, 1944

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    5. English kids staring at you from over 100 years ago, 1901

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    6. A punk, a "rude boy" and a skinhead hanging out together in England, 1980

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    7. Life in London during the 1960s

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    8. The construction of Manchester ship canal in 1889

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    9. London during WW2

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    10. Two girls gallop full speed on sheep in Cornwall, 1969

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    11. This footage was recorded in Gateshead, England, on May 8th, 1945, following Churchill's declaration of Victory in Europe.

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    12. A summer afternoon in London, 50s

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    13. A day at the beach in 1896

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    14. In anticipation of a possible invasion during World War II, England covered up road signs and landmarks to mislead enemy forces.

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    15. Eating ice cream on a seamine that washed ashore. Deal in Kent, England, February 1940.

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    16. Coventry Street, London, in the 1940s

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    17. At the seaside in Morecambe in 1901

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    18. During the 1960s, the Land Rover Owners Club organized yearly events in Birmingham, England, where participants demonstrated both their driving abilities and the durability of their vehicles.

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    19. London in the 1930s

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    20. Canterbury in the 1950s Canterbury has been inhabited since prehistoric times, with the Roman settlement Durovernum Cantiacorum built on an earlier British town, possibly called Durou̯ernon.

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    James Lucas@JamesLucasIT · Aug 22, 2025

    Life in England 50 to 100+ years ago 🧵 1. This is what England looked like in 1945

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