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Lambeth Walk - dance The Lambeth Walk is a song from the 1937 musical Me and My Girl

Lambeth Walk - dance
"The Lambeth Walk" is a song from the 1937 musical Me and My Girl (with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay). The song takes its name from a local street once notable for its street market and working class culture in Lambeth, an area of London, England. "The Lambeth Walk" has the distinction of being the subject of a headline in The Times in October 1938: "While dictators rage and statesmen talk, all Europe dances to The Lambeth Walk."
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Prince Monolili gets in trim for Derby day . Gypsies , tipsters , including Prince Monolul

Prince Monolili gets in trim for Derby day .
Gypsies, tipsters, including Prince Monolul, hawkers and the hundred and one others who lend colour to Derby Day, together with large numbers of sightseers making the customary inspection of the course, crowded Epsom Downs today ( Derby Sunday ) .
Photo shows, Prince Monolulu, the tipster haranguing the Derby Sunday crowd at Epsom .
24 May 1936 Travellers Romany Gypsy Gipsy gypsies Roma. social history

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London Fire Brigade have amber lights to give right of way

London Fire Brigade have amber lights to give right of way.
The demonstration of the powerful new amber coloured lights with which every appliance used by London fireman motor pumps and escapes, extension ladders and emergency tenders, is to be fitted was held at the new London Fire Brigade headquarters on the Albert Embankment.
The light which can be detected at a distance by police for an motorist, are being adopted to solve the problem of brigades coming across traffic signals on their way to fires.
It is hoped that the combination will enable engines and escapes to rush past the road signals in emergency with comparative safety.
Photo shows, fireman, demonstrating the new amber light on a fire engine of the Lambeth headquarters of the Fire Brigade.
14 June 1937

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