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| Picture No | 10507763 |
| Date | 3 May 1951 |
| Description | Celebration outside St Paul's Cathedral, London |
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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.
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| Source | Photograph in The Illustrated London News, Festival of Britain supplement, 12 May 1951, p739 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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