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London used
to be called "The Smoke"! Home of the winter "Peasouper" fog,too, as a
direct result. You wouldn't believe it today. Hard to realise too, that
the whole South Bank area below us, was ruined and derelict, following
WW2. On it was built, in 1951, the Festival of Britain, with the
Royal Festival Hall, just ahead, as a centrepiece. The National Film Theatre
- a favourite haunt of your Webmaster in years past - is built into and
beyond Waterloo Bridge. (Hungerford Railway Bridge is in the immediate
foreground). The view also includes the Royal National Theatre and the
London Television Centre, occupying what are now prime positions. The direction
of vew is North-East, towards Chingford and Epping Forest. Below, the view
to the West, over the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge |
