Closure Collection

LCC-LFB Westminster fire station, SW London
Opened in 1906, Westminster fire station was a London Fire Brigade station (the name had changed from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1904)

LCC-LFB Knightsbridge fire station, SW London
Opened in 1907, Knightsbridge fire station was a London Fire Brigade station (the name had changed from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1904)

Shotton Works Demo C1972
Demonstration by Shotton steel workers against the closure of their factory

Belsize Fire Station Date: 2009

Children campaigning against education cuts, Ealing
Children campaigning against education cuts outside Ealing Town Hall, West London, January 1980, where an anti-cuts meeting was being held about the possible closure of a local school

Dispute Disputes Protest Protesting Industrial
dispute, disputes, protest, protesting, industrial, unrest, members, employment, campaigning, campaign, jobs, 1985, 1980s, 80s, eighties, placard, placards, british, rail, brel, worker, workers

The Battle of Saltley Gate
At Saltley Coke Depot, Birmingham, police struggle to hold back pickets who had gathered to force the closure of the Depot

Kinneil Mineworkers protest
Workers protest against the proposed closure of Kinneil Pit, Bo'ness, Scotland. Their efforts were in vain as the colliery was closed in 1983 Date: December 1982

John Miller campaigning against Dunlop closures
John Miller, British journalist and author, with others, campaigning against closures and redundancies at the Dunlop works in Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Date: circa 1982

Michael Meacher, British Labour politician
Michael Hugh Meacher (b 1939), British Labour politician, served as Minister of State for the Environment 1997-2003. Seen here campaigning with others against the closure of the Peter Pan Ward in

Messerschmitt Bf 109E Black 12
Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3-B (werknummer 4101) Black 12 of the RAF St. Athan RAF Museum Reserve Collection outside the Museum on RAF St. Athan East Camp

Cleobury Mortimer - Ditton Priors Railway Station GWR, Shrop
Cleobury Mortimer/Ditton Priors Railway Station GWR, near Kidderminster, Shropshire, England. Last Passenger Train on the Cleobury Mortimer - Ditton Priors Line (Great Western Railway)

Railway station at Hailsham, East Sussex
Aerial view of the deserted railway station at Hailsham, East Sussex, closed on 8 September 1968 as part of the Beeching railway cuts. The last passenger train left the station in May 1968

Sandals, gloves and other ornamental clothing items
1. & 2. Sandals; these are not genuine sandals, as worn by monks; these are the shoes worn by the ecclesiastical dignitaries from the Carolingian period (13th century) 3. & 4. Gloves 5. & 7

Gate in a church, Ypres, Belgium
Ornate gate in a church, Ypres, Belgium, dating back to the 17th century. Date: circa 1910

Gate in parish church, Dixmude (Diksmuide), Belgium
Ornate gate in parish church, Dixmude (Diksmuide), Belgium, dating back to the 15th century. Date: circa 1910

Silvertown Fire Station Date: 2009

Wadsley Asylum, Sheffield
Wadsley Asylum opened in 1872 near Sheffield. It was various known as the South Yorkshire Asylum, the West Riding Asylum, Wadsley Mental Hospital

Closing Jewel House at Tower of London during 1937 Coronatio
A Yeoman warder pinning up the Lord Chamberlains notice on the Wakefield Tower in the Tower of London, announcing that owing to the removal of the Regalia the place will be closed until May 17

Gambling Satire 1853
A pack of cards meet to debate the threatened closure of betting shops; a contemporary satire by Cruikshank

Riot at Church Closure
Crowds riot outside the Mission House over the closure of St Georges in the East church

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