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Description: | Crowds sleep on the pavement at Westminster Underground station the night before the coronation of 2 June 1953.
By 11pm the night before the coronation, The Mall and Trafalgar Square were filled with people intending to spend the night on the pavements to secure a vantage point for the procession the next day.
Many more came in trains, which started to arrive at 3am. According to later reports, the traffic peaked between 6.30 and 7.30am.
Unfortunately the day was cold and there were frequent showers. Up to 5,000 people left at first light to find warm clothes and food before rejoining their friends for the parade. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Power and Politics | Temporal: | 2 Jun 1953 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Creator: | Photographer : Colin Tait | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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