The Tuscan-style clock tower of Bradford City Hall rises above flags and bunting celebrating the Coronation of the British monarch, King George VI, on 12 May 1937
A street in Bradford city centre, Yorkshire, England, bedecked with flags and bunting to celebrate the Coronation of the British monarch, King George VI, on 12 May 1937. The 200ft Tuscan-style clock tower or campanile of the 19th century Bradford City Hall (formerly Bradford Town Hall) rises in the background. In the foreground, a woman pushes a low-slung pram sporting a small Union Jack or Union Flag, the flag of the United Kingdom. Above her, flags of other British Empire nations fly alongside Union Jacks. Bradford City Hall was built in 1873 to a competition-winning design by Lockwood and Mawson and is a Grade I Listed Building. It was extended in 1905 - 1909 to the designs of Norman Shaw. Its name was changed from Town Hall to City Hall in 1965. King George VI, father of the present British Queen, Elizabeth II, succeeded to the throne in 1936 on the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII. Edward married Wallis Simpson and the couple were subsequently titled Duke and Duchess of Windsor. This photograph was taken by a Yorkshire married couple, George and Kathleen Blenkhorn, and comes from a Blenkhorn family album.
Size: 6987px × 8734px
Location: Bradford city centre, Yorkshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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