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Background imageUnsafe Collection: Scotland / Loudon Hill

Scotland / Loudon Hill
Loudon Hill and the railway viaduct, which was built in 1905, but sadly deemed to be unsafe and demolished i 1986. The hill itself was a Roman camp, Ayreshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Background imageUnsafe 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 imageUnsafe Collection: Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, Essex

Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, Essex
Ships company on the TS Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the Thames off Grays, Essex. In 1903

Background imageUnsafe Collection: Fun on the flying machine at Southport, Merseyside

Fun on the flying machine at Southport, Merseyside
Fun on Hiram Maxims " Captive Flying Machine" amusement ride at Southport, Merseyside, which opened in 1904. Testament to the design

Background imageUnsafe Collection: Man on a donkey on a bridge on a New Year card

Man on a donkey on a bridge on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageUnsafe Collection: Dennis breakdown lorry, demonstrating wrong method

Dennis breakdown lorry, demonstrating wrong method
Firefighters operating a Dennis breakdown lorry (commissioned at HQ on 3 April 1936), demonstrating the wrong method of lifting and towing the front axle

Background imageUnsafe Collection: Comic Postcard - unfolding drama on the broken bridge

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

Background imageUnsafe Collection: Gas-Driven Car

Gas-Driven Car
A rather unsafe looking gas- driven Calcott car with a huge Lyon-Spencer gas container on its roof drawfing the car itself. Owned by Lady Idina Wallace.Hope she didn t smoke

Background imageUnsafe Collection: Moor Hall Chapel, Middlesex, 1960

Moor Hall Chapel, Middlesex, 1960
Photograph of Moor Hall Chapel, Harefield, Middlesex which was due to be demolished in 1960 and turned into a football field

Background imageUnsafe Collection: The Signal Fire

The Signal Fire
A girl on a high rocky platform lights a fire to warn someone that it is either safe or unsafe to do what they are thinking of doing or not doing


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