Lost Britain

[gothicform]

some good news... hadlow castle tower is being restored. the bad news, the rest of it was demolished.



the beached u boat at hastings... hastings even laid on tours of the inside of the u boat for tourists but unfortunately the batteries started to leak poisonous gas and they had to close it. i suspect it would still be there otherwise.

[DBadger]

Wolverhampton Wholesale Markets

1973:
All photos from www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk





From lostwolverhampton.co.uk:




Replaced with (I think):

[ill tonkso]

When you showed the first colour picture I thought it was still there and let out a sigh of relief. Then you dropped THAT on us.

[DBadger]

Dudley Hippodrome (Theatre) (And the Plaza cinema)

Before:


Birmingham Mail

Then:

image hosted on flickr

Ian Grundy

After:

image hosted on flickr

Ell R Brown

Will be demolished soon if the museum and the council have their way, which is ironic, considering what the Black Country Museum is all about.

Yes, in it's current form, it is an eyesore. But it is an eyesore because it is in this state... do it up and it won't be.

[i_like_concrete]

Whilst it would be good to see a new use found, the loss of the former Hippodrome won't be particularly galling as there is a far better building of the period preserved in much better condition on the opposite site of the road.

[El_Greco]

What's the story behind that beached U-boat?

[ill tonkso]

It was being towed after capture I believe, they lost control of it and it ended up on Hastings Beach.

[DBadger]

Theatre Royal, Birmingham, 1776-1902, 1902-1956


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Th...am_in_1780.jpg


http://theironroom.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/351/
c1800

Demolished 1902, replaced with:


http://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum...ad.php?t=34680


http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Birming...Birmingham.htm

Demolished 1956 and replaced with a now demolished Woolworths.

[the spliff fairy]

This:

Originally Posted by the spliff fairy

Hastings, all gone

[legolamb]

The original Royal Infirmary - pulled down in 1975 and replaced with a shopping precinct

















VENICE ON HUMBER!!









http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/download/EPW012695

[DBadger]

Fordhouses village, now Wolverhampton

image hosted on flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8050359@N07/3144334046/

Now:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=bra...2,3.62,,0,0.07

The Grapevine and The Old Vine

image hosted on flickr

http://www.flickriver.com/places/Uni...on/Fordhouses/

Now:

zoopla.co.uk

[potto]

my goodness the 1970s were a grim time!

[b4mmy]

Around 1965, Macclesfield.

And a few years later we had this DDI compliant beauty...

[Tellvis]

[The Champ]

Originally Posted by b4mmy

Around 1965, Macclesfield.

And a few years later we had this DDI complaint beauty...

I looked this up as I couldnt believe it had been demolished in the 60's turns out it was, the 1860's though

https://sites.google.com/site/oldmac.../town-centre-2

[belfastuniguy]

My goodness.....I though Belfast had lost a lot of buildings, thanks to the Blitz, bad planning and the IRA. Then I see what was demolished in Glasgow, absolutely shocking!! I actually can't get over how much of Glasgow's architecture was destroyed.

[DBadger]

Birmingham New Street upon opening (as "Grand Central Railway Station")


http://www.antiquaprintgallery.com/w...4-141355-p.asp

[sunshineman]

The bridge is a full of the beauty of life. These photos make me nostalgic for the small village. I was born that is typical of the 18th century building.