Aug. 26, 1965 - Effort to Rid Parliament of Pigeons.: As part of a plan to rid Parliament and Westminster of pigeons, workmen, armed with guns filled with plastic jelly, squirted jelly round the crowns of the statues of King and Queens, and the coronets of dukes and duchesses, on the colonnades in New Palace Yard , by order of the Ministry of Public Building and Works. The workmen used a 100 -foot fire engine ladder for the task
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Keystone Press / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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5599 x 4384 px | 47.4 x 37.1 cm | 18.7 x 14.6 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
26 August 1965Photographer:
KEYSTONE Pictures USAMore information:
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Aug. 26, 1965 - Effort to Rid Parliament of Pigeons.: As part of a plan to rid Parliament and Westminster of pigeons, workmen, armed with guns filled with plastic jelly, squirted jelly round the crowns of the statues of King and Queens, and the coronets of dukes and duchesses, on the colonnades in New Palace Yard , by order of the Ministry of Public Building and Works. The workmen used a 100 -foot fire engine ladder for the task. The jelly does the birds no harm, but for two years they will find it too-precarious a perch Photo shows A workman squirting the jelly among the statue in New Palace Yard Westminster today. (Credit Image: Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS)