Before Starbucks took over the London high street, London had as many bohemian coffee houses as Paris does charming cafés. A meeting place for artists, writers, musicians, radicals and intellectuals, coffee houses had their own quirky themes and style. This 1959 newsreel gives us a glimpse into the golden age of London’s beatnik coffee bars… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nsRHHcq1P8#at=130]…
