London 1976

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The other part of the summer holiday was a stay with my dad's sister in London. This involved meeting a new cousin (hello Mike!), a trip down the river to Greenwich and the Cutty Sark, London Zoo and a day trip to Brighton. It has to be said that what the young lady from the beach at Brighton is wearing would probably raise eyebrows now - 36 years later. Well, maybe not in Brighton....
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London 1974

By shendy1 Comment
These are from our usual summer trip to see my father's sister's family in London. The first ones are from a Thames boat trip, featuring riverside London that's completely changed over the last 40 years. And these are from a trip up St Paul's Cathedral. I remember one of these where we went up further than I've been on any other trip - right up to the top-most round windows just below the golden ball and cross, up some very steep (for a small child) metal steps.  No idea whether you can actually get that far nowadays....
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