Thursday, 1 October 2015

#NigeriaAt55: See These Amazing Old Pictures of Colonial Lagos (PHOTOS)

Lagos is the commercial and financial hub of Nigeria. It is one of the fastest developing mega cities in the world and home to about 20 million people. But just some years before Nigeria’s Independence from Britain, Lagos was just a British colony and a mere trading post.


The pictures below takes one back the memory lane.


Lagosthen 1

Old Yaba



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Lagosthen 2

Lagos harbour




Lagosthen 3

Cathedral Church of Christ Marina in the 1960s



Lagosthen4

A colonial building



Lagosthen 6

Colonial Lagos



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Lagosthen 7

An old colonial building



Lagosthen 8

An old colonial building in Ikoyi Lagos



Lagosthen 9

A view of Lagos in the 1960s



Lagosthen 10

Campbell Street with a view of Holy Cross Cathedral




Lagosthen 11

Lagos harbour



 


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