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Originally Posted by winny

London in 1940 was very smoggy.. Industry didn't just stop because it was summer, and fireplaces were still lit... (I just asked my great uncle who lived in London in 1940 and watched the battle overhead)

Haze is visable in these shots from summer 1940.

The last picture is a pub overlooking Vauxhall. The Elephant and Castle statues on the pub still exist. I lived in the Elephant and Castle which is just down the road. I used to work approximately with the same view of that picture.