Here is the iconic shot snapped by Herbert Mason for the Daily Mail during the event that became known as the Second Great Fire of London.
06 February 2007
St. Paul's Cathedral
There's something about this image. St. Paul's Cathedral endured the brutal firestorm inflicted by German bombers on the "City" of London on 29/30 December 1940. The church survived thanks of the efforts of the Auxiliary Fire Brigade which fought to keep the fire from engulfing the dome. You can see that all the surrounding architecture is post-war, including the Millennium Bridge which takes walkers across the Thames to the Tate Modern Art Gallery where this typist snapped the shot in 2002.
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Very cool, are those all cranes in the background of your shot? I hope to take just such a shot later this year.
Yes cranes, modern cathedral spires I'm afraid. Now that he City is the new financial cap of the world, there is a boom in that partof London.
Hi G
Nice to see the pics you have of London on your side of the pond are the same as mine, grey and wet! Oh by the way if you look at the bridge, about the middle there are two people one tall (or maybe grande) and one small (or petite), the one in the white top is me........ Hello!
R x
Yes Rowan, but it's cold in Canada. Although I hear your side is getting a snow storm tonight. Six inches! That disaster for the UK.
Fantastic shot ... in London right now! Snow everywhere ...
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