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| Picture No | 11038963 |
| Date | 1919 |
| Description | London tube strike, 1919 |
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London takes to walking: incidents of the 1919 tube strike, as reported in The Illustrated London News. The strike began on 3rd February, with Londoners taking a philosophical attitude, the ILN claimed, to the queuing and to the overcrowded buses, many choosing to walk to their destinations instead. Pictured in this spread is Elephant and Castle tube station, closed and guarded by police, as well as the strikers themselves.
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| Source | Page from The Illustrated London News, 8th February, 1919, page 170. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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