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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Gary Fuller

Pollutionwatch: what we can learn from London’s deadly smog of 1952

A police officer uses flares to guide London traffic in heavy smog on 8 December 1952.
A police officer uses flares to guide London traffic in heavy smog on 8 December 1952. Photograph: Trinity Mirror/Alamy

Seventy years ago, London was brought to a halt by a thick smog that blanketed the city.

It is difficult to imagine how it must have felt to be indoors with fog pressed against the windows. People who ventured outside could not see their feet and many got lost in their own neighbourhoods.

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