A London bus conductor is forced to walk ahead of his vehicle to guide it through the smog, 9th December 1952.
In 1952, a choking cloud enveloped much of London and the Home Counties which killed thousands. Barbara Fewster walked 16-mile home – in heels – guiding her fiancé’s car.
the fog persisted until the 1960s when people stop using coal to heat their houses.
the London fogs which were regular from about the 1830s until the early 1960s were part of the good old days before the environment even got worse, if our friends in the environmental movement are to be believed.
via Missed In History: The Great London Smog | Stuff You Missed in History Class.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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