Frightening black and white photographs of London drowning in fog in the early 20th century

Great Britain is not just called the "Misty Albion", and the point here is not only in the unique climatic conditions that provide almost permanent high humidity on the island. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the capital of Great Britain, beautiful London, has literally been buried in fogs. This sad and frightening sight was more of a man-made origin than a meteorological one. We already wrote about him here. The culmination of that dark period in the history of the city was the Great Smog in 1952. Four years later, the British government passed a crucial law on clean air, by which time it had claimed the lives of twelve thousand citizens. We present to your attention a unique collection of old photographs of London and other English cities in the unfortunate "fog", made in the period from 1910 to the 1950s.

Fog in Ladgate Circus, London, November 1922

In Woodford, city workers were informed that due to fog they might be late for work, January 17, 1927

People feed swans near Tower Bridge, October 1928

A man lights a gas lamp in the fog, November 17, 1930

A foggy day at Lincoln's Inn, London, 1932

Automobile Association Patrol Helps a Motorcyclist Who Strayed, November 19, 1932

Luxurious liner Aquitania in Southampton, December 1935

Night scene in central London with an advertisement for the play "Wanted for a Murder", 1936

Two police officers patrol the foggy streets of London in a new loudspeaker van, providing road safety advice to drivers and pedestrians, September 22, 1936

Railroad worker corrects fog warning message at Essex South Railway Station, October 20, 1938

A woman drives a car through London's Regent's Park, illuminating her path during heavy fog, when visibility was reduced to a few meters, October 25, 1938

London parliament building drowned in fog, January 21, 1939

Unemployed in London, 1939

Policeman on the road service on a foggy day on Fleet Street in London, 1952

London bus driving through Fleet Street in heavy smog, December 1952

Edinburgh street scene with a castle in the fog in the background, January 30, 1954

Dense Smog at Piccadilly Circus, London, December 1952

A man drives a London bus with a flaming torch through dense fog, 1952

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