Queues Gallery

Unceasing stream of pilgrims 1920

Two photographs showing the Unknown Warriors coffin which were the remains of a British service personnel who was killed in World War One, laid to rest in Westminster Abbey, London. Once the ceremony was finished, more than 40,000 pilgrims came from all over the country, to pay their respects, for three days people who had lost their sons, brothers or fathers in WWI queued outside. When Westminster Abbey closed the doors, thousands of people laid wreaths and flowers at Cenotaph monument, two narrow lines were formed going back to Trafalgar Square.
1920

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

London by Lester Ralph

Superb caricature of London emphasising its expanding population, Central to the picture is St Paul's Cathedral wearing a police officer's helmet over its dome while the surrounding landscape is filled with millions of people and endless queues of traffic. Congestion it seems was just as bad in 1899. Date: 1899

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Families who have enjoyed a day out at New Brighton in the Wirral

Families who have enjoyed a day out at New Brighton in the Wirral, wait patiently in the rain for the bus to return them to Woodside bus station in Birkenhead.
Circa 1960

© Mirrorpix

1960s, 20th Century, Bus, Day Out, Outdoor Leisure Activities, Queues, Queuing, Rain, Transport, Weather, Wet