Fallen Collection (page 6)

Car in basement, Claverton Street, London SW1
LFB Special Service attempting to lift a car from a basement in Claverton Street, London SW1, on 24 July 1958. It was a difficult exercise, as the car kept getting caught on masonry, etc

Blitz in London -- Greycoat Hospital, Westminster, WW2
Blitz in London -- damage to a wall caused by a land mine falling on Greycoat Hospital, Westminster, London, on 15 October 1940. Date: 1940

Unexploded land mine, Greycoat Hospital, London, WW2
An unexploded land mine which has fallen into Greycoat Hospital, Westminster, London, on 15 October 1940. Date: 1940

Car in basement, Belgrave Square, London
An Austin A70 car which has crashed through iron railings at street level and fallen into the basement area of a private house in Belgrave Square, London, on 20 May 1955

Tatler cover - Soldier at Gallipoli with grave
A moving front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring the silhouette of a soldier at Gallipoli visiting the grave of a fallen comrade who had gone west. Date: 1915

That evening star-shell - Bairnsfather
Cartoon, That evening star-shell. Oh, star of eve, whose tender beam falls on my spirits troubled dream. From Fragments from France - No. 5, published by The Bystander in 1916

King George V examining memorials on the battlefield
King George V visiting the British lines on the Western front and reading the inscription on a memorial to a fallen soldier. The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) is in the background. Date: 1914

Horbury House of Mercy, Wakefield - Church Embroidery Room
Church embroidery room at the Horbury House of Mercy, a home for penitent fallen women such as unmarried pregnant girls. Some of the inmates are engaged in embroidery. Date: Date unknown

Pug Peter -- a bear gathering fallen oranges
Pug Peter -- Orange Balls for the Cricket Match. A bear gathering fallen oranges. Date: 1905

British soldiers on improvised bridge, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers crossing a stretch of water on an improvised bridge (a fallen tree trunk) on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Magdalene Institution, Edinburgh
An illustration of the Royal Magdalene Asylum on Gorgie Road, Edinburgh. The institution was originally established in 1797 to house female ex-prisoners and fallen women

Child sweeping autumn leaves by Muriel Dawson
A cute child in a blue coat sweeping autumn leaves, with calendar below and four birds in the left margin, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1940s

Troop of the US cavalry on a fallen big tree, in California. (Redwood) 1915

The Perfect Debutante by Adrian Porter
Front cover of The Perfect Debutante, a book of humorous verse and sketches from 1937 taking the reader through the hilarious pitfalls and pleasures of the social season

Where Primroses Do Peep by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl holding a posy, pulling along her toy horse on wheels. Date: 1938

Jeek the puppy with Jacky and Gerry in the snow
Jeek the mongrel puppy with Jacky and Gerry in the snow -- they have fallen off a toboggan on their way down a hill. Date: 1940

Lorry in motoring accident
A lorry (Lewins Lorries for Loads) which has fallen off a low bridge onto a grassy area. People stand around looking fairly helpless. Date: 1926

Fathers sack race in Seaford
Sporting fathers take part in a sack race designed specially for them at a school sports day in Seaford, Sussex. Several of them have fallen over, or are in the process of doing so. Date: 1934

Two cars in a ditch
Two cars which have somehow fallen into a ditch. People look with curiosity, wondering how to get them out again

Bus in a ditch
A bus which has somehow fallen into a ditch. A group of boys stand around, wondering how to get it out again

Beavers at Work
Beavers at work on fallen branches which they will gnaw into small pieces from which they will construct their homes. Date: circa 1870

The Ramesseum
The RAMESSEUM, the mausoleum of Egyptian Pharoah RAMESES II. Here we see the 4 Osiris pillars and 2 Papyrus pillars, with the fallen statue of Rameses, Thebes (Luxor), Egypt Date: 13th century BC

Cutting the Crop
A farmer in his tractor, cutting a crop of oats and peas, the crop having badly fallen owing to the weight of the pea harvest. Date: early 1950s

WW1 - Palestine - Destruction of Nebi Samuel Mosque by Turks
WW1 - Palestine - Destruction of Nebi Samuel Mosque (An-Nabi Samwil also al-Nabi Samuil - The Tomb of Samuel) by Turks in 1917 - this act of sacrilege allegedly cost the lives of many Muslims

Comic Postcard - unfolding drama on the broken bridge - Ernest is regretting his boast to Letty, Agnes, Dot and Prunella that the structure would take their combined weight. Date: circa 1905

The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London - looking North
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London. Designed by Edwin Lutyens, the permanent structure was built from Portland stone between 1919 and 1920 by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts

Sir John Eldon Gorst sends 8th Duke of Devonshire into well
The Story of the Duke and the Bunnygorst (cont.). Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908) as a rather lazy layabout

Three schoolboys on desert island vanquish a rhinoceros
Three schoolboys on desert island bravely vanquish a rhinoceros using their makeshift bows and arrows. Date: 1898

China - Shanghai - Devastation following Earthquake. Date: circa 1910s

China - Shanghai - Residential Quarter following Earthquake
China - Shanghai - Residential Quarter devastated following an Earthquake Date: circa 1910s

Fallen Statue of Rameses II ( The Great ), Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

The dedication of the Cenotaph. Whitehall, London
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the permanent structure was built from Portland stone between 1919 and 1920 by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts

Accident - Commercial Union Assurance Company Building
The Commercial Union Assurance Company Building, Cornhill, London fell at midnight on 6th August 1927. Being a Saturday the premises were empty and nobody was killed or injured

Gentleman crashes on his bicycle and utters a loud... " Mark of exclamation!" Date: circa 1940s

Nursery Tale - Humpty Dumpty - HD takes a nasty fall and it is unlikely that all the Kings Horses or indeed all the Kings Men will be able to exact a repair... Date: 1880

WWI - Battle of the Marne - Destroyed bridge & fallen train
WWI - First Battle of the Marne (Miracle of the Marne) - Destroyed bridge & fallen train. The battle of the Marne was an immense strategic victory for the Allies

WW2 - Paris Liberation - Damage at the Hotel Crillon. Date: 1945

Foxhunting Humour - In the action
" Hullo, old chap, you look as if you d had sport! In at the kill?" " Well, no. I was in at the ditch and in a the river. We can t expect to be in everywhere." Date: 1902

Two drunks by a postbox, one already collapsed
In the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting two drunks by a postbox. Fraternity - " (Hic) Can t help you, ole f la, but I ll sit down with you (Hic)." !! Date: 1894

Royal Artillery Memorial, Hyde Park Corner, London
The Royal Artillery Memorial - a stone memorial at Hyde Park Corner in London, dedicated to casualties in the Royal Regiment of Artillery during WWI - designed by Charles Jagger and Lionel Pearson

Sicily, Italy - ruins of the Temple of Apollo at Selinunte
Sicily, Italy - ruins of the Temple of Apollo (Temple G ) at Selinunte Date: circa 1920s

Tunguska meteorite damage, Siberia
Trees flattened on a hillside by an explosion in the atmosphere probably caused by a small piece of comet which fell on 30 June 1908. Photo taken in 1929

BELLVER Y RAMON, Ricardo (1845-1924). Fallen Angel. ca. 1878. SPAIN. Madrid. Retiro Park. Sculpture on bronze

Bas�ca de la Santa Cruz del Valle de los Ca�s
Bas� ca de la Santa Cruz del Valle de los Ca�s (Holy Cross Basilica of the Valley of the Fallen). 1957. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Cuelgamuros

Hennen & Wadhams marriage Feb 1911

Satan in Hell
Satan, in Hell, addresses his legions - Awake ! Arise ! or be for ever fallen !

Horse rescued from basement by NFS breakdown lorry
A horse being led to safety after falling into a basement access area of a building in Spa Road, Bermondsey. An NFS London Region fire brigade breakdown lorry was used to lift it

NFS (London Region) Southall horse rescue, WW2
Firefighters from K2Z Southall fire station area attempting to rescue a horse that fell into a deep, water filled ditch and was unable to get out unaided

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