Found Photo ...

[jenny36]

Do you think the boy on the left in front, acting as 'leader of the musical band' could be the son of the man in the center?  They appear to have very simial features.

[macintosh]

Perhaps they are celebrating Mayday with the railings garlanded and the buttonholes etc.

James

[Finley 1]

Yes I think it is the Minister and they are celebrating either a visit or his gaining a 'seat'  or something.  The youngsters are all part of a band or something... Lovely

xin

[Pels.]

My guess is the 1951 Festival of Britain.
   
Lord President of the Council was Herbert Morrison. It would have also been a wonderful photo opportunity because there was a general election held in the same year.

At that time, shortly after the end of World War II, much of London was still in ruins and redevelopment was badly needed. The Festival was an attempt to give Britons a feeling of recovery and progress and to promote better-quality design in the rebuilding of British towns and cities following the war. The Festival also celebrated the centenary of the 1851 Great Exhibition. It was the brainchild of Gerald Barry and the Labour Deputy Leader Herbert Morrison who described it as "a tonic for the nation".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_Britain

Pels.

[Finley 1]

Brilliant Pels
 sounds like you got it right... 

xin

[maidmarianoops]

what a lovely photo ,all smiling



sylvia

[Pels.]

I'm wondering whether the school was either in Lambeth where Herbert Morrison was born, therefore possibly his old school. Or in Hackney, which was his first constituency.

Pels.

[Gadget]

Hi

Following on from Pels, I would be interested to find out what is in the 1919 newspaper cutting as, according to his various biogs, Herbert Morrison first entered political life in 1919 as a councillor for the Borough of Hackney; Labour taking control of the Borough at that time.

It's the only thing that I can find that links the photo to a 1919 newspaper cutting.


gnu

[Pels.]

I think you've got something there with the 1919 connection gnu !! 

Catford is in the parish of Lewisham. Did Herbert Morrison have a connection with the South Lewisham Labour Party? Hopefully Stevie will get back to us and help with his knowledge of Catford and South East London.

Pels.