The Thames Tunnel 1835 Size:extra large Westminster Bridge and the Houses

Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament from the River

Goddard shows the newly-built church in Wells Way

resilience and youthful high spirits are woven together to provide a moving insight into a lost way of life

The fair opened as part of the Festival of Britain in 1951

going reverse ways

The Thames Tunnel 1835 Size:extra large Westminster Bridge and the HousesThe Thames Tunnel. Interior view looking along the Thames Tunnel, with pedestrians. For a charge of one shilling, members of the public could descend into the 'subterranean gloom', and on busy days the tunnel received up to 700 visitors. Not all tourists were impressed. The composer Tchaikovsky noted that he 'nearly fainted for lack of air' while visiting the tunnel. The text at the bottom of the image describes its dimensions and that it was designed