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Seen at Westminster today is part of the endless queue waiting to file silently into

Seen at Westminster today is part of the endless queue waiting to file silently into the centuries old Westminster Hall - The Hall of Kings , to pay their respects at the catafalque of the late Sir Winston Churchill , whose body is lying in state in the history steeped hall prior to Saturday's State Funeral . The Lying in State began today and it was officially estimated that 4000 people had filed past the bier in the first hour .
27 January 1965 History of London - Vauxhall / Lambeth

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Because electricity obtained from windmill generators is exempt from the Order prohibiting

Because electricity obtained from windmill generators is exempt from the Order prohibiting the use of power for advertisement lighting, workmen and engineers have been spending the weekend erecting four windmills on the 150 ft. high roof of the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch, London.
These windmills will provide the electricity to illuminate the shop windows of the adjoining Corner House. As the propellor like blades are turned by the wind they charge ordinary car batteries wired up to a special lighting circuit. Tests have shown a 25mph wind to be sufficient to operate the generators.
Photo shows the windmills being made ready for service on the roof of the Cumberland Hotel. In right background is the Park Lane area - 28th January 1951.
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Londoners had their first view of the squadron of US Army Air Force Super Fortresses

Londoners had their first view of the squadron of US Army Air Force Super Fortresses when it flew across the city on the first of two demonstration flights today. The planes, which arrived in England earlier this week, paying a goodwill and training visits to the RAF and in doing so practising improved techniques of overwater navigation. Leaving their base at Marham Airfield, Norfolk, they flew on to Chelmsford, over London to the south coast, turning at Plymouth to Bristol and Swansea, and then over Oxford and Cambridge to return to their base, at all times keeping below cloud base to enable the thousands of people to see them.
Picture shows: an aerial picture showing part of the squadron of super fortresses flying over the south coast line at Brighton today.
11 June 1947

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