The
Mall (
/ˈmæl/[1])
in central
London is the road running from Buckingham
Palace at its western end to Admiralty
Arch and on to Trafalgar
Square at its eastern end. It then crosses Spring
Gardens, which was where the Metropolitan
Board of Works and, for a number of years, the London
County Council were based. It is closed to traffic on Sundays and public
holidays, and on ceremonial occasions. The surface of The Mall is coloured red
which gives the effect of a giant red carpet leading up to Buckingham Palace.
This colour was obtained using synthetic iron
oxide pigment from the Deanshanger
Oxide Works (Deanox),[2]
which was created using the Deanox Process devised by head chemist Ernest Lovell
(b. London 1917). It was MP David
Eccles' decision, as minister of works, to make the Mall red.
Many thanks to Robert (Bilko) Marshall for this set of pictures
Music: Sandy Denny - Who knows where the time goes