Day 24: Monday morning traffic over London Bridge as commuters arrive in the City from London Bridge station and the southern suburbs.

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day24

Day 23: 'Forced gaiety in the highways: the German bands that disappeared with the Great War have been replaced by ex-soldiers and the unemployed'

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day23

Day 22: 'Caledonian Market: On Fridays a Pedlars market is held and the bargain hunter is to be found in large numbers. Here it is possible to buy poultry alive'

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day22

Day 21: 'Billingsgate Fish Market porters'

The Monument to the right, St Magnus Martyr on the left. There were porters here doing this job at the time of the Great Fire.

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day21

Day 20: 'the many-headed voice which roars behind the touchline every winter Saturday'

The crowd at Stamford Bridge, probably the FA Cup Final which was played there 1920 to 1922.

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day20

Day 19: 'Professional pea-shellers at Covent Garden Market, whose labour, carried out at high speed, supplies the hotels and restaurants'.

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day19

Day 18: 'the Rose Day of Queen Alexandria. The flowers used are made by blind and crippled workers and represent the dog rose, which was the Queen's favourite flower'.

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day18

Day 17: 'a budding humorist of the East End: an undaunted admirer of that great Cockney humorist Charlie Chaplin is holding his audience with an imitation of his view of life'

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day17

Day 16: 'The only green in the City'

Golfers on the roof of the recently built Adelaide House. The top of the Monument is behind.

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day16

Day 15: 'London Markets: Covent Garden'

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day15

Day 14: 'Whatever their relationship with the constable may come to be in later life, the children of the East End are quite willing to use his protection at street crossings.'

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day14

Day 13: 'Caledonian Market: both buyers and sellers show the conventional amused embarrassment which is associated with mistletoe.'

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day13

Day 12: 'ludds fr'm Newcassle in the Strand'

Newcastle United fans in town for the 1924 Cup final. They would see their team beat Aston Villa 2-0.

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day12

Day 11: 'Coloured favours and programmes are for sale near Stamford Bridge, the ground of Chelsea Football Club.'

Probably before the Cup Final, played at Stamford Bridge 1920-22.

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day11

Day 10: 'Kensington High Street: the silent appeal of the all-powerful shop window on the daily crowd of potential customers.'

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day10

Day 9: 'A heat wave in the West End: the ornamental water in Trafalgar Square is not officially a public bath, but children who paddle there are smiled on by the authorities.'

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day09

Day 8: 'The street singer: a gramophone charioted in a perambulator seems the last and most sordid victory of the Age of Science.'

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day08

Day 7: 'The ice cream seller: a son of Italy does a brisk trade.'

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day07

Day 6: 'A flock of sheep incongruous among the traffic on the Strand. This flock is coming from some station on the north for transport to some southern county.'

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day06

Day 5: 'That the pavement artist can gain a living is a testimony to the number of rainless days that London enjoys. Many spectators, alas, regard the entertainment as free.'

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day05

Day 4: 'London's Safest Milk: A north London milkman. The three-wheeled trolley of the milkman in a fairly small way is disappearing in favour of the motor van.'

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, 📷Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day04

Day 3: 'A greengrocer in the Commercial Road. In the East End and poorer districts of London a strange kind of establishment, half shop and half booth, is common.'

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925, a photogravure by Donald Macleish. #AdventLondon100 #Day03

Day 2: 'A heat wave in the East End'

Boys follow a water cart along Cotton Street, Poplar, a photogravure by Donald Macleish. The chapel behind them would be destroyed in the Blitz.

An Advent Calendar of London a century ago, from 'Wonderful London', 1925. #AdventLondon100 #Day02

Day 1: 'natural gaiety in the highways. Children play a skipping game in a Poplar street.'

Today's December the 1st, so here begins an Advent Calendar of London a century ago, as seen in the book 'Wonderful London', 1925, the photogravures by Donald Macleish.

#AdventLondon100 #Day01