Pollution in London higher than during the Great Smog - archive, 30 January 1959

30 January 1959: Conditions described as "very grim" by the AA, with visibility in south-east London varying between nil and ten yardsFog stretched last night from the Home Counties westwards into Devon and South Wales and northwards through the Midlands and East Anglia up to Yorkshire. It is expected to persist to-day. Related: How the Guardian reported on London's Great Smog of 1952 Continue reading...