Opening of the new chamber of the House of Commons

Front cover of The Sphere reporting on the opening of the new chamber of House of Commons, rebuilt after air raid damage during the war. Cover image shows the scene in Westminster Hall with the Lords and the Commons. King George VI, whose speech was relayed by loudspeaker to the crowds assembled outside, said that the new chamber would stand, as a sign to the world of our faith in freedom, of our confidence in the permanence of our common ideals

Chambers Lords Rebuilding Rebuilt Sep25 Sphere

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