A familiar sight in London.
A familiar sight in London.
88 years old Mr Edwin Crocker - London's telescope man - has completed his fortieth year at his pitch at Westminster Pier where he allows people to look through his telescope at the face of Big Ben at a penny a time
Mr Crocker says he loves the noise of London too much to retire
Photo shows Mr Edwin Crocker with his first customer today (picture 3) Monday July 22nd 1935. (He started in 1895)
A wonderful Edwardian beard, people say his beard grew whiter and whiter every year.
He would have stood here and heard the news of the Titanic sinking.
The outbreak of the Great War.
88 years old Mr Edwin Crocker - London's telescope man - has completed his fortieth year at his pitch at Westminster Pier where he allows people to look through his telescope at the face of Big Ben at a penny a time
Mr Crocker says he loves the noise of London too much to retire
Photo shows Mr Edwin Crocker with his first customer today (picture 3) Monday July 22nd 1935. (He started in 1895)
A wonderful Edwardian beard, people say his beard grew whiter and whiter every year.
He would have stood here and heard the news of the Titanic sinking.
The outbreak of the Great War.
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