It was a scene repeated across the nation, with hundreds often gathering near newspaper workplaces.
It is the central a part of a way of life, which relies on submission to the Creator of us all.
It's simple to fall into the lure of pondering of pre-struggle Georgian Britain as an idyllic and halcyon period, of endless carefree, summer days on the Henley Regatta, top hats and high style and a booming industrial Empire.