Bomb damage close to St Paul's Cathedral 1942 George William Joy too big to fit down

too big to fit down the Thames

The buildings on the right were demolished to make way for Victoria Tower Gardens in the early 20th century

George Davison Reid photographed this view towards Coventry Street from Piccadilly Circus

His pocket is being picked by an opportunistic young thief

Bomb damage close to St Paul's Cathedral 1942 George William Joy too big to fit downPeople in the City go about their daily lives surrounded by the wrecks of bomb damaged buildings surrounding St Paul's Cathedral. By the end of May 1941, over 43,000 civilians, half of them in London, had been killed by bombing and more than a million houses destroyed or damaged in London alone.