This book was exactly as described in the description and it was a glimpse back in time and told the story of London in Photos. I do enjoy books like this and have quite a few on my book case at home.

I have a passion for social history and I love being able to look back at older photos and see the clothes that were being worn, how people interacted and the changes that have been made if the photos also show places that I know, or have visited.

I thought that the book had a wide variety of photos but at times it was a little jumpy and I would have preferred it to be in more of a sequential order as the book progressed.

Some of the photo are slightly out of focus and whilst this would annoy me if it was one that I had taken, it just added to the authenticity of the book overall as it isn't just pristine photos of wonderful events, the book is more than that and it cover from commoners to the Royals and a lot of different events as the years passed, not all well known, but all documented for various reasons as the years have gone by.

It is 4 stars from me for this one - highly recommended!

I love The Times' books and loved this one. It made me travel in time and I was enthralled by the past, the landscapes and the people.
Great read
Highly recommended

Nice photo collection with little stories attached to them. Very interesting information, especially since I am not British I didn't know many of these things!

A slightly light-hearted look at the social history to be gained from over a century of images in the pages of The Times, often of course called The London Times for clarification. For every state event there is a candid of some commoners, for every visit to the East End for a royal jubilee being celebrated on a road swarming with families there is a photo op for some swimwear-selling beauties on Oxford Street. And for every sports event there is a time when the weather would have made that quite hellish.

All this was recorded for a strange mix of posterity – this being one of the Newspapers of Record – and disposability, perhaps with some inky fish and chips. So some photos are quite unremarkable – two geezers and some lamp-posts on a London thoroughfare – until you realise there is a clearly remarkable event happening – in this case, the end of the wartime blackout. Some images are arguably poorly done, but as it's a future Queen and her sister on the tube, you forgive it.

What is clear is that times – and The Times – have changed. One minute daring people don't wear hats in public, even when it's scorchio, the next they do when they're on a roof pitching up an aerial for a pirate radio station. This shows brutalist tower blocks going up – and then almost falling down again. Churchill has both a budget to deliver, and a funeral procession.

All the photos remain in fine greyscale, as they would have been seen on the papers of their day, and the facing page is a short paragraph and credit, snappily (no pun intended) informing us of what's what. It's all a gentle affair, really – not telling us much, but showing how iconic events can be presented with a quirky angle. One major affair is represented by serried ranks of photographers; other paps are sat playing cards outside Buck House waiting for news of Prince Charles' birth to come through. But don't get the impression this is all state affairs – there are workers and shirkers, and Selfridges Christmas decorations. If you accept this is not at all comprehensive or particularly educational, this is perfectly pleasant. But this is a slight thing, all told – a bit tabloidy, and not thunderous. Three and a half stars.

I was unable to view the photos on my tablet via the NetGalley device, and read the book on my computer using Adobe Digital Editions. It is rather meant for a bigger screen anyways.
This might be one of my favourite photobooks, and books about London. Most of the photos had an entirely fresh story effect on me - I had learnt and experienced so much. This is a keeper - will consider purchasing it.

These photos are so lovely with great information attached to them. I think this would make for a great coffee table book. thank you netgalley for letting me read and review.