20 Images of the Great Smog of London That Inspired Numerous Dreadful Stories

Many of us know about the deadly fog that covered London in the 20th century, culminating in the Great Smog in 1952. Not only the thick fog but also the smog, caused by soot particles and poisonous sulfur dioxide produced by the burning of soft coal, that is thought to have taken around 12,000 lives.

The whole city used to be covered in blindly smog, where you couldn’t see anything. This atmosphere inspired a lot of people to create some of the most monstrous stories which still live to that day. From R.L. Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde to Tim Burton’s Vincentthe thick mist inspired wonder and fear to those who got to witness it first hand.

For the rest who didn’t experience it their selves, this scene might be hard to picture. However, below we have compiled a series of vintage pics that portray that exact atmosphere. Scroll down below to check them out.

h/t: vintage everyday

1. A Lamp Lighter At Work In Finsbury Park, London, 17 October 1935

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2.  St Pancras Railway Station, 1 July 1907

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3. A Woman Leads A Car Through London’s Regent’s Park, 25 October 1938

William Vanderson

4. A Family Feeding The Famous Pigeons In London’s Trafalgar Square, 1952

M. Fresco

5.Fleet Street, 6 December 1952

Edward Miller

6. Lincoln’s Inn Fields, 24 January 1934

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7. A Man Lighting His Pipe In Thick Fog Under The Arches At The Temple, London , 23 December 1935

Arthur Tanner

8. Blackfriars, Mid-morning, 5 December 1952

Monty Fresco

9. Fleet Street, 1952

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10. Piccadilly Circus, 20 December 1956

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11. A Policeman Wears A Mask For Protection Against The Smog, 1962

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12. Whitehall, 25 December 1937

Fred Morley

13. Central London, January 1936

Lacey

14. National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, 1 December 1948

Warburton

15.  The Tower Of London, January 1947

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16. The Sun Comes Through At The Pool Of London, 26 October 1938

H. F. Davis

17. Trafalgar Square, In The Daytime, November 1927

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18. Blackfriars, In The Morning, 5 December 1952

Don Price

19. A Bus Conductor Walks In Front Of His Vehicle, 9 December 1952

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20. An Iceman Delivers In The Fog, 1 October 1919

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The “Instagram Reality” Community Is Exposing The Fakest Photos Online, Here Are 102 Of The Most Ridiculous Ones (New Pics)

In social media, there’s nothing wrong with adjusting your images. After all, we’ve got all the time in the world to make it presentable. An annoying person in the background? Crop him out! Picture too bright? Adjust the lighting! We can fix our photos however we’d like.

However, don’t edit it too much, or you will end up destroying your photo instead of fixing it. And for examples of terribly-manipulated photos, we went over the Instagram Reality subreddit. There, people shame poorly-edited photos posted on Instagram that would make anyone cringe! Check out the best, or rather worst, 30 images below!

For more shameful photos presented by the community, click here!

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#1 Same Person, Right?

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#2 Asian Photoshopping

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#3 I – Um-

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#4 Small Face, Weird Big Fingers Wtf !

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#5 Yeah…

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#6 Skin Texture We Don’t Know Her

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#7 You’re Id Card Won’t Lie

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#8 Look Guys My Waist Is The Same Size As My Arms!

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#9 Difference From A Live Performance And A Video

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#10 Everyone Looks Normal Except

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#11 Her Waist Is Smaller Than Her Head

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#12 I Can’t Believe She Posted This…

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#13 This Hair Stylist Adding Filters After His Work

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#14 I’ve Never Seen A More Accurate Description

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#15 This One Made Me Laugh!

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#16 One Of My Fav Influencers

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#17 God I Hate Snapchat

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#18 Your Sleep Paralysis Demon Stood At The Edge Of Your Bed

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#19 These Actually Terrify Me!

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#20 That’s Her Strong Arm

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#21 Found This On A Japanese Musician’s Page. I Don’t Even Know What’s Going On – Is The Red Haired Dude Ok?

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#22 Youtuber Who Always Looks Different In Each Of Her Pictures

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#23 I Cried Laughing. Can You See It?

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#24 Damn, We Got Some Fine Elbows Up In Here

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#25 Zoom In On The Nose

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#26 Let Me Just Tuck My Hair Behind My Eyelash Real Quick

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#27 Just A Tad Bit Heavy On The Hips, Just A Tad Bit

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#28 Her vs. His Insta Post

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#29 It’s Like Her Hair Is Afraid To Touch Her Butt

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#30 How Delusional Are You From 1 To This Person?

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