CND Rally, Hyde Park, London October 1981 - the stage
CND Rally - London, 24th October 1981
In 1981 I was an impressionable young man, standing alongside thousands of like-minded people in Hyde Park, London. The march and rally was organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). Here is a close up of the stage - I'm pretty sure it was the reggae singer Maxi Priest up on stage in this shot. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxi_Priest
"More than 250,000 people have marched through London to protest over the siting of nuclear missiles in the UK.
The rally, organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), took more than five hours to get through the city centre causing massive traffic disruption.
CND officials said they were delighted with the response and had never seen such a crowd.
The marchers, made up mainly of young people, created a festival atmosphere in Hyde Park as speakers took to the stage to address the crowd."
See more here on the BBC archives: news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/24/news...
Taken using a Soviet made Zenith TTL SLR camera.
You can see a random selection of my photos here at Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/9815422@N06/random/
CND Rally, Hyde Park, London October 1981 - the stage
CND Rally - London, 24th October 1981
In 1981 I was an impressionable young man, standing alongside thousands of like-minded people in Hyde Park, London. The march and rally was organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). Here is a close up of the stage - I'm pretty sure it was the reggae singer Maxi Priest up on stage in this shot. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxi_Priest
"More than 250,000 people have marched through London to protest over the siting of nuclear missiles in the UK.
The rally, organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), took more than five hours to get through the city centre causing massive traffic disruption.
CND officials said they were delighted with the response and had never seen such a crowd.
The marchers, made up mainly of young people, created a festival atmosphere in Hyde Park as speakers took to the stage to address the crowd."
See more here on the BBC archives: news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/24/news...
Taken using a Soviet made Zenith TTL SLR camera.
You can see a random selection of my photos here at Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/9815422@N06/random/