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Demolish Collection

Background imageDemolish Collection: LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey

LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey
Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey, SE London, built in 1928. This fire station was the location for the early seasons of the ITV series Londons Burning

Background imageDemolish Collection: Demolition of a Factory Chimney - Chorley, Lancashire

Demolition of a Factory Chimney - Chorley, Lancashire Date: circa late 1950s

Background imageDemolish Collection: Children with large pudding on a Christmas card

Children with large pudding on a Christmas card
Children attacking a large pudding on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageDemolish Collection: Demolition workers in SE London

Demolition workers in SE London
Men demolishing houses in south-east London, with little personal protection. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageDemolish Collection: Susi - with demolished alarm clock

Susi - with demolished alarm clock
Susi - with a demolished alarm clock, in pieces on the floor. 1950s

Background imageDemolish Collection: Chimney demolition at Hayle, Cornwall

Chimney demolition at Hayle, Cornwall. circa 1980s

Background imageDemolish Collection: Susi - demolishing an alarm clock

Susi - demolishing an alarm clock. 1950s

Background imageDemolish Collection: Susi - demolishing a feather-filled cushion

Susi - demolishing a feather-filled cushion -- the aftermath. 1950s

Background imageDemolish Collection: Destructive boy demolishes radio

Destructive boy demolishes radio
A destructive little boy prepares to demolish a radio - a little girl sticks her fingers in her ears to deaden the noise. Date: 1933

Background imageDemolish Collection: Bastille Demolished

Bastille Demolished
The Revolutionaries demolish the Bastille brick by brick using pick-axes and wheelbarrows. Date: 17 July 1789

Background imageDemolish Collection: Paris, France - Bastille, Prieurs proposed monument

Paris, France - Bastille, Prieurs proposed monument. Date: 1881

Background imageDemolish Collection: Paris, France - Barriers destroyed

Paris, France - Barriers destroyed. Date: circa 1860

Background imageDemolish Collection: British soldiers breaking down German strong point, WW1

British soldiers breaking down German strong point, WW1
British soldiers breaking down a German strong point on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageDemolish Collection: British soldiers at work, Western Front, France, WW1

British soldiers at work, Western Front, France, WW1
British soldiers at work on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are army navvies, recycling bricks from a ruined building to construct roads. Date: circa 1917

Background imageDemolish Collection: Lowther Arcade Demolish

Lowther Arcade Demolish
Demolition of the popular arcade, famous for its toys, off the Strand : it will be replaced by a branch of Coutts Bank. Date: 1902

Background imageDemolish Collection: Bastille Demolition Plan

Bastille Demolition Plan
Five years before the Revolution, it is proposed to demolish the Bastille prison and replace it with a public square named for Louis XVI. It could have changed history ! Date: 1784

Background imageDemolish Collection: Poster, The Recruit Who Took To It Kindly

Poster, The Recruit Who Took To It Kindly. Showing an army recruit learning to use his bayonet and demolishing a row of stuffed sacks

Background imageDemolish Collection: British demolishing Fort Dschang, Cameroon, Africa, WW1

British demolishing Fort Dschang, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
British forces demolishing Fort Dschang, German Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: 1914

Background imageDemolish Collection: HEREFORD

HEREFORD
The Town Hall, Hereford : this decrepit and outmoded edifice will be demolished in 1861

Background imageDemolish Collection: London Urban Renewal

London Urban Renewal
Out, damned spot ! - the Victorians demolish unsavoury slums as fast as they can, but their urban renewal entails the destruction of many historic buildings

Background imageDemolish Collection: Devonshire Hse Demolish

Devonshire Hse Demolish
The demolition of William Kents house, built in the 1730s for the 3rd duke of Devonshire : replacing it is a big block including the Mayfair Hotel


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