Rock Against Racism Carnival: Victoria Park, Hackney, London
Chris Salewicz, NME, 6 May 1978
AS HE STOOD at the top of Whitehall at 10.35 last Sunday morning gazing impassively towards Nelson's Column, the optimism of Commander Walker of Scotland Yard's "A" Division seemed possibly more than just media cool.
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