After suffering damage during the war, the Guildhall was reopened by the Queen in 1959. Modern development makes an identical view impossible to how it looked back in 1930, but in the square the tram shelter has gone, as have the trees and the Guildhall minarets.
This prop Spitfire was on display to promote the film Battle of Britain which was released in cinemas on 15 September 1969. According to Wikipedia ‘the producers located 109 Spitfires in the UK, of which 27 were available although only 12 could be made flyable’. As well as some being built...