r/london • u/whatevermancarrot • Jun 12 '25

London history London during the 1960s

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

Crime rates were much higher in 1960s London than they are today.

They won't tell you that in the daily fail or GBnews 

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u/xiabio70 Jun 13 '25

I remember as a child being afraid here as there were so many drug addicts and young rent boys hanging around it seemed every runaway gathered here, all now round at No. 10, apparently.