Picture No | 12480338 |
Date | 1939 |
Description | Outbreak of WWII - theatres close down |
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Covers being drawn over seats in the auditorium of the Palace Theatre in Manchester. All theatres in London and the provinces were initially closed due to a war order concerning places where crowds were likely to congregate.
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Source | Unattributed photograph on front cover of 'The Sphere', 9 September 1939, page 377 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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