Abandoned Collection (page 2)

Abandoned butchers bike in Deptford bomb crater, London
An abandoned butchers bike lies in a crater in the road left by a bomb in Deptford, South-East London, WW2. Date: circa 1940s

World War II remains of a V2 German rocket site
Vintage World War II photograph - remains of a V2 German rocket launching site - rocket launcher mounted on a train. Hahnenberg Forest, Germany

The former Village School and Village Inn of West Tofts
Once the Village School and Village Inn ( The Horse Shoes ) of West Tofts, Lynford, Norfolk - the village became deserted when it was taken over by the British Army during the Second World War as

This is where we won the war - Ops room, Biggin Hill
Sketch by Captain Bryan de Grineau of the deserted operations room at Biggin Hill in September 1945. Date: 1945

Somers Town
A dreary and unsavoury locality of 18th and 19th century London called La Belle Isle, abandoned to mountains of refuse from the metropolitan dustbins

Pantomime poster, The Babes in the Wood

The Duke of Rutland discovers two infants. Probably John Manners, 5th Duke

German U-boat abandoned and partly blown up, 1917
A German U-boat at ebb-tide, stranded on the sands near Calais, abandoned by its crew, set on fire and partly blown up. A general view of the wrecked boat with its deck-gun amidships

First Balkan War - Abandoned Gun Battery
First Balkan War - Abandoned Turkish artillery post at the Monastery of Rachtani near the Town of Bitola, Macedonia. Date: 1912

Curtiss Beachy Tractor biplane. Lincoln Beachey, a reknowned American display and aerobatic pilot worked for Curtiss until 1911 and required a new aircraft to carry on with his own air-show flying

GENEVIEVE SAVED BY DEER
Genevieve de Brabant, heroine of a popular French legend, is saved by a deer when she is abandoned in the forest Date: 13th century

Abandoned young mother with her children
In disgrace, a young mother and her children are abandoned and left with nothing. Date: 1895

La Mola at the entrance to Mahon Harbour, Menorca, Spain
La Mola, a disused military fortification at the entrance to Mahon Harbour, Menorca, Spain. The Loop Holed Gallery - approx 400 metres long Date: 2010

Prison yard of the derelict military prison at La Mola
The prison yard of the derelict military prison at La Mola, a fortified peninsula on Menorca, Spain Date: 1989

Childs abandoned sandcastles at low water on Harlech beach
A childs abandoned sandcastles at low water on Harlech beach, north Wales. In the background are the mountains of Snowdonia Date: 2019

Abandoned Levant tin mine, near Pendeen, Cornwall, England
The abandoned Levant tin mine, near Pendeen, Cornwall, England. The mine is now renovated, owned by The National Trust and turned into a museum

Former tin miner in the abandoned Levant tin mine, near Pendeen, Cornwall, England. He leans on some of the derelict machinery

Wolverhampton Low Level station - 6
Wolverhamton Low Level Railway Station before the site was redeveloped and largely demolished. One of the derelict platforms Date: 1992

Wolverhampton Low Level station - 5
Wolverhamton Low Level Railway Station before the site was redeveloped and largely demolished. Abandoned goods trucks Date: 1992

Wolverhampton Low Level station - 4
Wolverhamton Low Level Railway Station before the site was redeveloped and largely demolished. The ornate booking hall. First published The Independent Date: 1992

Wolverhampton Low Level station - 3
Wolverhamton Low Level Railway Station before the site was redeveloped and largely demolished. Looking at plans for proposed development that never happened Date: 1992

Wolverhampton Low Level station - 2
Wolverhamton Low Level Railway Station before the site was redeveloped and largely demolished. A man on the empty platform beneath the canopy Date: 1992

Railway Station as abandoned by the Turks - Aleppo, Syria
Railway Station as abandoned by the remnants of the Ottoman Empires Yildirim Army Groups (commanded by Mustafa Kemal Pasha - Ataturk) following the Battle of Aleppo, fought on 25th October 1918

Goodbye - A dapper gent breaks the bad news to his partner
Adieu - A dapper gent breaks the bad news to his partner. Painting by the Czech artist Alexander Jakesch (1862 - 1934). He appears to have tried to soften the blow with a bunch of flowers - now

German infantry during Ardennes counter-offensive 1944
German infantrymen pass an abandoned American reconnaissance vehicle during their Ardennes counter-offensive in 1944 that became known as the Battle of the Bulge Date: 1944

Father Mario Borelli - Casa dello Scugnizzo
The priest Father Mario Borrelli achieved international renown with his campaigns to aid abandoned street children of Naples, Italy, where the Scugnizzi or street urchins

Khami Ruins, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Khami Ruins, a ruined city near Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Date: circa 1920

Henry Hudson (1565-1611) abandoned by his crew. Engraving. C
Henry Hudson (1565-1611). English navigator and Arctic explorer. Hudson abandoned by his crew. Engraving by Charles Barbant (?-1922). Colored

Old Maid / Coquette Dream
The Old Coquettes Dream: an old maid remembers how nice it was to be the centre of attention... Date: circa 1835

Medusa Raft Abandoned
When French vessel wrecks on African coast, all take to boats or a raft, to be towed by the boats : but the raft is abandoned, the 157 on it suffer terribly, only 15 survive. Date: July 1816

WW1 - Dead and wounded kit collection, W Beach, Gallipoli
WW1 - A view of " W" Beach in Gallipoli after a night of heavy battle with counter-attacking Turks. The beach parties of officers, blue jackets, the detachments of engineers

Junkers D I German fighter plane photographed in a field in Belgium on 21 January 1919. Although left abandoned in the open for more than three months, it was still deemed to be basically airworthy

Caspian Sea Shore - sand desert with scarce vegetation along the shore - white shells as pebbles on beaches - a view from an abandoned lighthouse. near Krasnovodsk town - Turkmenistan. April

Debris in abandoned German trench, WW1
Debris in an abandoned German trench on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Marooned by Lawson Wood
A rather peeved pirate or buccaneer sits alone on a desert island, apparently abandoned by his shipmates. Date: 1911

Street Children - Naples, Italy. The Scunizzi street urchins, running wild amid the bombed buildings of Naples. The priest Father Mario Borrelli achieved international renown with his campaigns to

Moored boat and Christchurch Priory, Dorset
Moored boat with Christchurch Priory (at Christchurch, Dorset) visible in the background. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

The first class dining hall, Interior from the lost liner, V
The dining hall from the lost liner Vestris. The liner was sailing from New York, bound for Barbados. On the 11th November 1928 she sprang a leak during a storm and abandoned off the Virginia Capes

Abandoned Husband
His wife is at a Womens Rights meeting - the children are next door - his cold supper is in the pantry... this is the price a man must pay when his wife is a suffragette !

Family on a holiday outing, Dunwich, Suffolk
Family (Arthur, Harold, Lucy, Albert and Violet Auerbach) on a holiday outing to the village of Dunwich, Suffolk, 30 August 1908. The building is All Saints Church, abandoned in the 1750s

British soldiers in German dugouts, WW1
British soldiers in abandoned German dugouts, WW1. 1914-1918

The Winters Tale - title page - the abandoned baby Perdita is found. 1862

The Artistic Smoker by H M Bateman - or, Practice Makes Perfect. This illustration shows an artist teaching himself to blow smoke rings. His easel is abandoned in the background

David Livingstones House, Zanzibar
Scottish explorer David Livingstones House, Zanzibar - a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. Now fully restored

Burnt out car abandoned in a field

Part of abandoned political mural perhaps Mubarak - Alexandria, Egypt

The difference between an old maid and a married woman... The Old Miad waits for a Husband every day, yet The Married Woman waits for her husband every night !! Date: 1909

Spain. Castile-La Mancha. Moya. View of the castle. Province of Cuenca

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