Smoky Chimneys of London

When I was young and living in London, we had older houses around our way, and the smoking chimneys in the winter time used to fascinate me. I remember the smell, too. This photo reminds me of those houses but they weren't so densely packed. (I added rain to the photo.)

 

In later years the Alan Price Set released a record called "Don't Stop The Carnival" and these are some of the words that fit the photo:

 

But this is England on a winter's afternoon

There is no sun, there's just a pale and tardy moon

And shivering sparrows on the smoking chimney tops

And all the children suffer from cold and flue and raindrops

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hywhSFg0b9w