Fifty years ago this very same boat carried the coffin of Sir Winston Churchill from St Paul's Cathedral to his final resting place in Oxfordshire.
As a tribute to Britain's war time leader much of the ceremony was re-enacted yesterday. The same boat travelled along the Thames with all the pomp and ceremony of the original. Back then a million people lined the streets to watch. Yesterday many were unaware of the small boat and its significance, while bemused tourists looking on were simply curious.
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"Yesterday many were unaware of the small boat and its significance, while bemused tourists looking on were simply curious."
How fleeting is fame, even for a man who saved the world.
Until Wednesday I was temping in Minerva House which overlooks the river at London Bridge. I imagine that a good proportion of those working there yesterday had no idea what was happening outside their window. I managed to tell a few before I left though!
This is such a beautiful shot Mo.
This is such a beautiful shot Mo.
Good shot, good post. I think Adullamite sums it up very well.
I'm glad you captured it for us.
great picture; though re-enacting a funeral seems unnecessary
Quite a beautiful shot, though I do have to agree with Jorge.
Churchill was a giant. It is hard to imagine that he died 50 years ago.
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