The Cathedral Close in the 1950s
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Cathedral Close, Exeter by Miles Sharpe © Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter
Miles Sharp's post-war view of the Close shows the bulky Victorian church of Mary Major (right) and Lutyens' War Memorial (centre) in front of the cathedral. Traffic was allowed to accumulate.
Acknowledgments: RAM Museum