Cromwell Road, London 1977
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A bright spring scene on Cromwell Road in 1977, looking across to a row of elegant Victorian townhouses whose stuccoed façades and mansard roofs typify this part of South Kensington. The mixture of white and dark-painted terraces—some subdivided into flats, others still operating as small hotels—reflects the area’s shifting character during the late 20th century, as tourism and short-stay accommodation increasingly shaped the local streetscape.
In the foreground, two large British Airways billboards stand along the roadside, advertising the airline’s West London Terminal at Cromwell Road—a facility that allowed passengers to check in their luggage in Kensington before being transported directly to Heathrow. One poster boldly announces, “Start work in America in less than four hours,” a reminder of the era’s optimism about fast international travel.
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