Nelson's Column with Lyons' Strand Corner House 20th century IN1272 Poster promoting the Festival of

Poster promoting the Festival of Britain

In central London

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The crater that formed outside the Royal Exchange through the impact of the bomb was so wide and deep that Royal Engineers had to build a bridge across it

Nelson's Column with Lyons' Strand Corner House 20th century IN1272 Poster promoting the Festival ofNelson's Column with Lyons' Strand Corner House on the left. George Davison Reid took this photo from the junction of the Strand and Craven Street, outside one of the three J. Lyons Corner Houses that opened in 1915. Each floor of the Corner House had its own restaurant and live orchestral music. The ground floor contained a large food hall selling a products from hand made chocolates to wine. Opposite, at No 456, stood a branch of Jaeger, a fashion