Policemen everywhere! Date and touch up please

[Paul Caswell]

How about the funeral of PC William Tyler and 10-year-old Ralph Joscelyne.

See the Tottenham Outrage 1909

http://www.met.police.uk/history/tottenham_outrage.htm

Paul

[chinakay]

The thing in back looks more like a pirate ship. What sort of carriage would have that mast-like structure with a crossbeam on top?

There are 3 men riding. When a coachman (or whatever he's called in this position) is riding one of the horses in a pair, he seems to be sitting on the left-hand horse. I could only find one photo of this. So...the men in our photo seem to be on the wrong side for this.

[justmej]

Another one to possibly consider was the Houndsditch Murders, when three police officers were killed in the line of duty, in December of 1910...

http://www.rjerrard.co.uk/law/city/cityphotos.html

[chinakay]

Oh, that's a good one...that would account for the 3 riders. Here's another photo...seems to be the right kind of gloomy, foggy day. Mind you, that's not unusual in London

[chinakay]

Hey, there was a Parker & Co in Bishopsgate, Houndsditch!

Forgot the link...it's 1966, but a family business could easily have been there for several decades.
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1966/1966%20-%201172.html

[chinakay]

Furthermore, when I continued googling parker, bishopsgate and houndsditch...my own post showed up, from 8 minutes before. That's really impressive.

[scrimnet]

Therre are x2 different vehicles here...One not so high with a driver and what appear to be flowers atop, rather like a hearse, then a much larger, Omnibus type further back.

I would say funeral...

Date...Just before, or even during WW1...Not many chaps in the crowd

[chinakay]

Yes, I think it's an omnibus now, and you can see someone riding it on the top.

[chinakay]

I just found an old Pathé film of the siege of Sidney St:

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=82760