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London has always been known as a hub for culture and society and Londoners, famously, enjoy a good time, but how are these activities reflected in archive records?

The London Archives holds a wide variety of collections relating to the social lives of Londoners. We hold records on everything from the network of pubs to the many musical societies which flourished across the capital.

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Sport in London
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Discover sources for researching the history of sport in London
Victorian architects consult rolled plans at the reconstruction of the Crystal Palace in 1852
Exhibition
Philip Henry Delamotte and the Crystal Palace
Exhibition highlights
Highlighting some of the features of our Lost Victorian City Exhibition - we explore the rarely seen Crystal Palace in photographs from 1852.