Celebration outside St Paul's Cathedral, London
A celebration outside St Paul's Cathedral, City of London, on the evening of 3 May 1951, the opening day of the Festival of Britain. About 5000 young people gather on a cleared bomb site behind the Cathedral to sing around a large bonfire, and more than 2000 other bonfires were lit all over the country as a symbol of unity. The crowd of spectators reached nearly 10, 000
Picture No
10507763
Media ID
46035968
Size
3906px x 4602px
(3.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Illustrated London News, Festival of Britain supplement, 12 May 1951, p739
Date
3 May 1951
