English: "London Pride".
Latin: Saxifraga x urbium ‘Variegatum’.
Latvian: Lietuvių: dekoratyvinė apvalialapė uolaskėlė.
Photo: 2007.06.02.
Source: Own work.
Author: Hugo.arg.
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Fr's Post put Zephyrinus in mind of this Noël Coward 1941 composition, "London Pride", which can be found on YouTube and was uploaded by hostroute on 13 November 2008.
To listen, please CLICK, here.
See if you agree whether the two things match up.
Portrait for Noël Coward's last Christmas Card.
Photograph by Allan Warren.
Date: 1972.
Source: Own work / allanwarren.com
Author: Allan Warren.
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The song compares the pride of wartime Londoners to the flower "London Pride" which can grow anywhere and was often found growing on bomb sites.
Coward gave many morale boosting broadcasts to people in wartime London, via the BBC.