Old London Street Scenes From 1903. Only Thirty-Three Years After Charles Dickens’s Death In 1870.

Old London street scenes from 1903.

Courtesy of The British Film Institute (BFI).

This film (credit BFI), made thirty-three years after Dickens’ death in 1870, still gives a good idea of what the London streets of Dickens’ times would have looked like. Charles Dickens died an old man of fifty-seven years, worn out with work and travel, on 9 June 1870. Nearly 155 years ago.

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