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  Kodachrome
  They give us those nice bright colors
  They give us the greens of summers
  Makes you think all the world's a sunny day
  I got a Nikon camera
  I love to take a photograph
  So mama don't take my Kodachrome away

Those are some nice pictures. I lack the geographical and cultural context to really appreciate them though. What I know about the East End comes third-hand.

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Well, working in the City and the Wharf and a bit out onto the Isle of Dogs over the last ~15Y I think that I recognise some of those places at little! Goodness!

A 'then and now' side by side would a nice update to this set, if someone had the time to do it.

Not specifically 'then and now', but Chris Dorley-Brown has some great modern shots of the area:

http://chris3.500px.com/

http://www.modrex.com/

Great photos! Thanks for those links.

Thank you for posting this. I love these flashbacks to my childhood era(ish).

lovely people details in those photos - always people going this way and that but then there's a guy carrying a kids bike, a guy riding a lawnmower etc....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrRRhoS3KFk

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