Christmas Lights on Regents Street, 1960 James Abbott McNeill Whistler and a woman with a

and a woman with a basket on her head

and will appeal to anyone with an interest in London's thriving queer landscape

This is one of a collection of images commissioned by the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London to record historic buildings that were being threatened with demolition

the Oxonian

almost three-dimensional quality

Christmas Lights on Regents Street, 1960 James Abbott McNeill Whistler and a woman with aThe Christmas lights in Regent Street in the form of angels with trumpets, December 1960. Regents Street is the main shopping venue in London and visiting the lights after a day of shopping is a much loved Christmas ritual. In 1960 the lights were officially 'switched on' on November 25th.