Charing Collection (page 4)

Charing Cross Station
Interior of Charing Cross Railway Station, London. Date: 1863

The Garrick Hotel, Charing Cross Road, London, with bars, saloon, grill room and restaurant. Date: circa 1910

The London Hippodrome
Promotional postcard for The London Hippodrome, which was opened in 1900. Occupying an island site with principal elevations to Charing Cross Road and Cranbourn Street, it contains

Wyndhams Theatre, London
Promotional postcard for Wyndhams Theatre, London. Wyndhams is a West End theatre, one of two opened by the actor/manager Charles Wyndham (the other is the Criterion Theatre)

The Garrick Theatre, London
The Garrick Theatre, Charing Cross Road, in the City of Westminster, London named for the stage actor David Garrick It opened in 1889 with The Profligate, a play by Arthur Wing Pinero

The High Street, Charing, Kent
The High Street, Charing, Ashford, Kent, England. Date: 1907

Staff of the Soldiers Free Buffet at Charing Cross, WW1
Female staff of the Soldiers Free Buffet at Charing Cross Station, set up, along with similar buffets at other London terminus

Mr Eustace Miles in his restaurant at Charing Cross Date: 1907

Taw Valley railway engine, Charing Cross Station, London. It was built in 1946 and rebuilt in 1957. Date: 1957

Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross
Blitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941. Date: 1941

1st Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire regimental drum
Original painting for the 1st Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiments regimental drum showing 28 Battle Honours of the Regiment from Louisburg to Baghdad

Boat train to Paris
The boat train to Paris about to leave Charing Cross. Date: circa 1900

Searchlights in London 1914, by Joseph Pennell
The new lights of London, searchlights playing across the sky from Charing Cross and Lambeth Bridge, by Joseph Pennell. Date: 1914

Demolition of Northumberland House
The demolition of Northumberland House, Charing Cross, making way for Northumberland Avenue between Trafalgar Square and the Embankment. Date: 1875

Balachowa and Mordkin leaving for the front
The famous Russian dancers, Mme. Alexandra Balachowa, who is to be a Red Cross nurse, and M. Michael Mordkin, who is a reservist, leaving Charing Cross for the front

Searchlights over Thames Embankment, London, WW1
Searchlights over the Thames Embankment near Charing Cross, London, keeping watch for enemy aircraft in the early days of the First World War. Cleopatras Needle can be seen on the right. Date: 1914

Charing Cross Hospital, London
Exterior view of Charing Cross Hospital, London. circa 1900

Aerial view of Charing Cross, London
Aerial view of the Charing Cross area of Central London, as it looked in the early 17th century. Date: 1620

Charing Cross Road and the Garrick Theatre. Street scene. London Date: C. 1902

Thames at Charing X
The Thames, looking eastward from the Strand Bridge (which will be re-named Waterloo Bridge any day now) Date: 1816

Northumberland House
The northern (street) front of Northumberland House at Charing Cross, home of the dukes of Northumberland till its demolition in 1874 to make way for Northumberland Avenue. Date: 1816

Charing Cross
Northumberland House as it stood in the late 18th century, surmounted with the lion of the Percy family : despite protests it will be demolished in 1874. Date: 1790

Buckingham Water Gate
Old landing place on the banks of the Thames near Charing Cross. Date: 1830

Hungerford Market
The Market looks grand enough from the river, but the buildings at Charing Cross are less than distinguished... Date: 1832

Sir Edward Hungerford
SIR EDWARD HUNGERFORD statesman, creator of Hungerford Market, near Charing Cross, London. His monument and coat of arms. Date: 1632 - 1711

Charing Cross Shoeblack
A one-legged shoeblack at Charing Cross Station yard. In 1914, within a 3 mile radius of here, there were 1000 shoeblacks, but less than 40 when this picture was taken. Date: early 1950s

Charing Cross Bridge, London. De Crespigny, Rose fl. 1891-1929

The Eleanor Cross - Charing Cross, London. The Twelve Eleanor crosses in England (twelve - originally in wood) were erected by Edward I along the route of Eleanor of Castiles funeral procession

Nightime in Tralgar Square, London
The Offices of the Sun Life Insurance Company and The Head European Offices of Canadian Pacific, 62-65 Charing Cross Road, Trafalgar Square, London - photographed at night. Date: circa 1930s

Air Raid Shelters in the vicinity of The Coliseum, London
A list of Air Raid Shelters, their location and capacity, published in a London West End Theatre Programme (The Coliseum, Charing Cross). Date: circa 1930s

Advice to would-be brides - The housework ahead
Advice to ladies about to be married - To get used to house-work! Try a few weeks Charing. The sender of this card has added the waggish line: " Hope you won t grease the stairs for me

Northumberland House and Charing Cross, by John Paul (1804-1887), painted in an 18th century style. Date: circa 1850s

Thames Embankment / Cx
THE THAMES EMBANKMENT near Charing Cross, with Cleopatras Needle Date: 1922

LCC-LFB First fireboats in the London Fire Brigade
A fire float and tug were first introduced in 1877 and used until 1900 when they were replaced by shallow draft fireboats

View from Charing Cross Bridge and Pool of London
View from Charing Cross Bridge (top), showing the River Thames, Cleopatras Needle on the left and St Pauls Cathedral in the middle distance

Exiled Communards 1
Fleeing France after the Commune, communist refugees establish a community in London : they maintain a co- operative kitchen in Newman Passage, near Charing Cross. Date: 1872

STRAND 1908
The Strand at Charing Cross Date: circa 1908

The Constitutional Club, London, 1885
Engraving showing the exterior of the Constitutional Club, Northumberland Avenue, Charing Cross, London, 1885. This building was designed by R.W. Edis. Date: 29 August 1885

Charing X Road Jam
Traffic congestion on Charing Cross Road, central London. Date: late 1960s

County Hall at Night
County Hall, Westminster, at night, seen from Charing Cross Pier, across the River Thames, London. Built 1911 - 1922; renovated 1931 - 1933. Date: built 1911 - 1922

Charing X Station 1980
The exterior of Charing Cross railway station, central London (built 1864). Date: 1980

Garrick Theatre, Charing Cross Road
Garrick Theatre on Charing Cross Road, London, presenting Born Yesterday with Yolande Donlan. Date: 1947

Wyndhams Theatre on Charing Cross Road, in Londons West End. It is showing You Never Can Tell starring James Donald. Date: 1948

Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897 - Royal procession rout
Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee celebration: view of the circular route of the royal procession on 22nd June. The route departs from Buckingham Palace, to St Pauls Cathedral via Hyde Park corner

Head European Offices - Canadian Pacific, Trafalgar Square
The Head European Offices of Canadian Pacific, 62-65 Charing Cross Road, Trafalgar Square, London - photographed during a great night storm. Date: 1924

The wonderful American hen with three wings and four legs. The greatest living curiosity in the world, as exhibited at 26 Charing Cross Road, London

Foyles book shop, Charing Cross Road
The famous Foyles book shop on Charing Cross Road in London, established in 1903. c.1948

Duke of Connaught and Marshal Foch, London
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) meeting Marshal Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), General in the French Army, at Charing Cross Station, London, probably on the way to a conference at Chequers

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