LION MAY LEAD VICTORY PARADE
LONDON, May 22. I'laiia i'or the greut Vietory I'arade (ia June'S in London are being wurked nut in liigh poJitieal and military quarlers with all Ihe meticulous attention 1 n delail oi' a "D" Day operation. ^liggeatious pour .in fruin lin interested public, ' i he lalest from a gentleman in vireater fjondon who rearcd a lion in liis "arden and prenented it: in 19-13 to Mr. ( 'lini'ehill," Whether the storv that ■Mrt-, i 'li.iireJijli was heard to say that Ino lioiin in Donning Street iverc more than ^h e conid nianage is apocTyphal or not, Ihe lion, Itola, ivas passed un to tiie London Zoo where it now
resides. . The suggestion howevcr, is that Mr. Churchill 's lion should lead the Victory parude. f hua demonstrating to the world that. although his tail may have been twisted once or twiee in the iast 1'ew vears, he is still. good for a few more roars. Whitehall which lias watched the exoeulion of Charlns the First and only the- other day held its breath while two sl oeplejacks clitnbed the 145 t'eet of Nelson 's colunm lo look lor war dainaire, would certainty wel eome the novelty
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Chronicle (Levin), 24 May 1946, Page 2
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