River Thames Houses Of Parliament London 1969 Vintage Colour Print

A colour print from a disbound book about England published 1969, the reverse side has unrelated text. 

Suitable for framing, the average page size approx 8" x 7.125" or 20cm x 18cm

This is a vintage print not a modern copy and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print. Please view the scans as they form part of the description.

The date given of 1969 is the printing date, the actual date of creation can be earlier.

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The text below is for information only and is from the opposite separate page it cannot be supplied with the print - All spelling subject to the OCR program used

THE THAMES AND THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
'The Thames', said John Burns, 'is liquid history.' From the estuary to its source in a Cotswold meadow near Cirencester, the river has witnessed most of the major crises in the life of England. The Tower, St Paul's, Westminster Abbey, Whitehall, Hampton Court, Windsor Castle, the University of Oxford. . . all stand within a stone's throw of the Thames.
Big Ben—seen here in the middle distance—began to chime in 1859. It owes its name to Sir Benjamin Hall, who was then Commissioner of Works. This famous clock has never varied more than four seconds from Greenwich Time; only twice has it failed (once, in 1944, during an air raid). The river is still a highway for commerce. In 1968 some thirteen million tons of coal were carried by water, and the Port of London had five thousand barges or lighters.