View of a frost fair on the River Thames looking towards London Bridge, London mb-height 5008 The man is wearing a

The man is wearing a frock coat and cravat

Interior view of the inland office at the Old General Post Office

Wooden shop fronts described as Sharps's Buildings

including a waggon advertising Waterston Sealing Wax Manufacturers and a cart carrying tree trunks

with the defeat of Napoleon

View of a frost fair on the River Thames looking towards London Bridge, London mb-height 5008 The man is wearing aView of a frost fair on the River Thames looking towards London Bridge, London, c1715. Winters in Britain were often particularly cold in the 17th and 18th centuries, a period known as the 'Little Ice Age'. These impromptu fairs, offering a wide variety of amusements, occurred in winters severe enough for the waters of the Thames to freeze over. The first was held in 1607, and the last in 1814, since when higher temperatures have meant that the Thames