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Description: | Crowds waiting to board buses are being entertained by an acrobat doing a handstand. It is Whit Monday, when buses took many Londoners to spend a day in the country. There is a bus with a crowded top deck in the background.
Whit Monday, 50 days after Easter, is when Pentecost is celebrated by the Christian Church. The day officially celebrates the descent of the Holy Ghost, as documented in the Bible, though scholars believe that many of the traditions and rituals were taken from the pagan spring celebrations. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Leisure Cityscape | Temporal: | 19 May 1924 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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