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A QUARTER of a century ago, thousands upon thousands of German bombs rained down on the City of London. They destroyed whole streets of offices, shops and homes; they even penetrated the roof of St. Paul’s Cathedral—which was miraculously preserved from worse destruction ; and to this day, their mark may still be seen, in a few bomb sites, overgrown with London pride and other weeds, gaping like toothless gums among the white, glistening new skyscrapers.

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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30919, 27 November 1965, Page 12

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A QUARTER of a century ago, thousands upon thousands of German bombs rained down on the City of London. They destroyed whole streets of offices, shops and homes; they even penetrated the roof of St. Paul’s Cathedral—which was miraculously preserved from worse destruction ; and to this day, their mark may still be seen, in a few bomb sites, overgrown with London pride and other weeds, gaping like toothless gums among the white, glistening new skyscrapers. Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30919, 27 November 1965, Page 12

A QUARTER of a century ago, thousands upon thousands of German bombs rained down on the City of London. They destroyed whole streets of offices, shops and homes; they even penetrated the roof of St. Paul’s Cathedral—which was miraculously preserved from worse destruction ; and to this day, their mark may still be seen, in a few bomb sites, overgrown with London pride and other weeds, gaping like toothless gums among the white, glistening new skyscrapers. Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30919, 27 November 1965, Page 12