3-102-210 - Ware in the World/Heritage Images

Crowds watching the coronation procession of Queen Elizabeth II, Oxford Circus, London, 2 June 1953. Military marching bands and spectators on Oxford Street, with people filling grandstands, balconies, leaning out of windows, and even standing on parapets with no railings (top right). Notable department stores are DH Evans and John Lewis. On the left is the London General Mourning Warehouse, known as Jay's. On the right is the fur and leather retailer Swears and Wells.