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Huntingdons Free Church
The Countess of Huntingdons Free Church, Deansway, Worcester, England. Lady Huntingdon was converted to Methodism in 1739. She built many such chapels in England. Date: built 1804

Wounded Austrian soldiers and their nurses, WW1
Wounded Austrian soldiers and their nurses during the First World War. They are in a corridor of the University of Vienna, which has been converted into a hospital ward. Date: 1914

Christmas at Canton, 1911
Young Chinese girls at a Roman Catholic school of music in Canton, being taught to play Christmas carols by French nuns. Date: 1911

British drifter fleet at sea, WW1
A British drifter fleet at sea during the First World War, when many fishing drifters were converted for naval use. Date: 1914-1918

H. M.s Glorious
Originally commissioned as a light cruiser, HMS GLORIOUS was later converted into an aircraft carrier. Destroyed by SCHARNHORST after she aided in the evacuation of Norway, 1940 Date: 1930s

Paul Converted
SAINT PAUL OF TARSUS Saul the tentmaker has a visionary experience on the road to Damascus Date: circa 3 - 65

Miracle / Zulu Chief
A Zulu chief, converted to Christianity, seeks to emulate Moses by commanding a river to part like the Red Sea - but it doesn t, and he loses 50 of his subjects Date: 1925

Union Workhouse and Staff, Weymouth, Dorset
The porter and uniformed female staff stand at the entrance to the Weymouth Union workhouse, erected in 1836 on Wyke Road, Weymouth, Dorset

Guardians Board Room, Union Workhouse, Weymouth, Dorset
Exterior view of the Board of Guardians meeting room at the Weymouth Union workhouse, Wyke Road, Weymouth, Dorset. The workhouse later became Portway Hospital but has now been converted to

Borstal Institution, Portland, Dorset
A view of the Borstal Institution at Portland, Dorset. Originally established in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts, the site was converted for borstal use in 1921

Wat Sri Sawai, Old Sukhothai, Thailand
View of Wat Sri Sawai, a small Buddhist temple with three prangs in Old Sukhothai, Thailand. There are many Hindu images and scenes here, suggesting that Sri Sawai was first a Hindu temple

WWII recycling: Hat respirator / W H Robinson
An old respirator, converted into a smart hat. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

French war ambulance WWI
8 cylinder car converted into an ambulance by the French Army during World War I

D-Day - Naval Artillery support
A converted landing craft fires rockets to support the landing allied troops. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied

Uppingham Auxiliary Hospital, Rutland
The Uppingham Auxiliary Hospital operated during World War One in the premises of the Uppingham Union workhouse, Leicester Road, Uppingham, Rutland

St Pancras Churchyard
The old St Pancras churchyard is converted into a public garden

Reigate Heath Windmill, a Grade II listed post mill with a single storey roundhouse at Reigate Heath, Surrey. In 1880 the roundhouse section was converted to a chapel of ease to St Marys Parish

U.s car factory converted to airplane production
The Willys-Morrow plant in Elmira, New York State: a car factory that was converted to airplane production. In spite of these conversions of industrial plant

Greenwich Pensioners
Pensioners leave the Hospital, which will close in 1869 and be converted into a Naval College

The Christmas Party Up to Date: Fairy Tales by Broadcast b
Christmas parties this year will possess a new and fascinating attraction, both for young and old, in the shape of the latest wonder of wireless telephony

A converted bus for pigeons
A motor bus converted into a home, or cote, for French carrier pigeons. Pigeons, along with dogs, proved to be a vital method of communication during battles

A recaptured French trench
A French trench, complete with dug-outs, converted quickly from a German trench hit by a mine

Earls Court as a dormitory
Photograph of the auditorium at Earls Court, converted into a dormitory to house refugees from the war-torn continent. With tiers of beds, the auditorium held around 2000

The Musick Hal at Disco Island, 1875
Engraving showing the building on Disco Island, Greenland, which the crew of the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, had converted to use as a Musick Hal for their entertainment, 1875

The Crew of the Matador, 1900
Photograph showing the crew of the converted fishing boat Matador, prior to its expedition to the North Pole, 1900. With a crew of seven led by Lieutenant Bauendahl (centre) and the mate

Wolseley Motors now a shell factory
The chassis test-shop of Wolseley Motors Ltd. At Adderley Park near Birmingham transformed into a shell factory. As World War I progressed

Chicago Stockyards 2
Sheep arriving at the Chicago stockyards to be converted into legs of mutton and lamb chops

Chicago Stockyards 3
Pigs arriving at the Chicago stockyards to be converted into pork chops and sausages

The Wicklow Head Lighthouse, 1869
Engraving of the Wicklow Head Lighthouse, 1869. The lighthouse lantern was converted from oil to gas in 1868, which required a small gas works at the lighthouse (seen in the foreground)

BRITANNIA (1820)
Battleship of the Royal Navy, in 1859 converted to a training ship. (Note : there are many, many ships with this name !)

Pilgrims Progress 18
Hopeful realises he has been a great sinner, ut is now converted

Wareham Granary
The Old Granary at Wareham, Dorset, converted into a Tea House, with St. Marys Church behind and the River Frome in front

Soda Crystallising
Washing soda is an essential household product : in the crystallising house it is converted into convenient crystal form

Timber-Frame House / 1939
Timber-framed house in High Holborn, London. The ground floor has been converted into shops

Cinema, Bombay
The Novelty Theatre Cinematograoh, Bombay : in India as elsewhere, the first cinemas are converted premises in existing buildings, rather than purpose-built venues

Victorian Street Lamps
Examples of old Victorain street lamps now converted to electricity. These examples grace the entrance to a restaurant in Bagshot, Surrey

Power from the Tides
The massive force of the tides will be captured and converted into energy, driving turbines which in turn will generate electrical power

Magic Versus Sanctity
A magical contest between Simon Magus, representing magic, and the saints Peter and Paul : the saints won, of course, so Simon converted to Christianity

Clotilde Queen & Saint
CLOTILDE, queen of Clovis I of the Franks who she converted when he won a battle after appealing to the Christian god. Her latter years were spent in good works. Saint

Tractors to Tanks
Kirovsky Tractor Factory converted to tank production and repair

Henri IV of France with a seven-headed beast
Henri IV, King of France (from 1589), and King of Navarre (from 1572), seen here in armour, with his sword raised, having decapitated the seven-headed beast

Centurion Converted
He converts the centurion Cornelius

Conversion / Tryggvesson
During his Viking wanderings Olaf Tryggvesson is converted by a hermit on the Isles of Scilly who predicts that he will become a great King

Britannia Music Hall
Famous music hall in Hoxton, London. Opened in 1858, built on the site of the Britannia Saloon, opened 1841. Converted to a cinema in 1923 and destroyed by bombing in 1940

Racial / New Zealand C1850
Horomona (Solomon), a Maori chief, is converted by Henry Williams at Otawhao and proceeds to preach to his fellow countrymen even after he goes blind, led by his wife

Indian Clergyman
A Hindu clergyman, converted by missionaries, spreads the word to his fellow-countrymen - he is depicted being welcomed into a village

Converted Cheffonier
A bookcase made from a cheffonier, now that cheffoniers are no longer a la mode

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