1951: News - Christmas Comes But Once a Year

To the strains of a jaunty soundtrack, this news item takes a light-hearted look at how people around London are spending the Christmas period.

From a fancy dress cycling rally at Brookmans Park, to a dip in the ponds at Hampstead Heath (heated with water from a kettle) and from Speaker's Corner to St Paul's Cathedral, everyone seems to be having a very jolly time indeed.

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BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 29 December 1951.