Lost Britain

[El_Greco]

Dont know names but theyre somewhere near Spitalfields Market.

[clarky]

Here is a few from my city Bristol
http://brisray.250free.com/bristol/blitz1.htm

[clarky]

Here is a shocking then and now of Dutch house(destroyed in blitz 1942)

From this sitehttp://www.bristolhistory.com/

[potto]

Originally Posted by The Longford

Euston station (despite the whole regretable arch thing) is a great station.
Apart from the modern malaise of retail tat it is bright, airy, easy to use and 'modern'. There could be more places to sit maybe but apart from that it is very good station to use and whilst not world beating architecturally is very competent and has some nice period touches (i'm thinking of the ceiling above the ticket office for example).

The trouble with Euston station is the way it went about being developed, there was a lack of imagination on how modern demands could be integrated with what was a successful slice of London. Unless you go straight to the tube the experience entering and leaving the station is abysmal! Bascially one of Londons big squares, Euston Sq was parastically attacked by the intervention of the station redevelopment, the Euston road expansion and the terrible office development in the station grounds. Now there is no square as such just a shamed forgotten corner of London. So yes the station itself isnt that bad but what was lost and what we actually got in return when you consider the wider environment then you could easily conclude that it was a very poor development.

[Mez]

Nice thread lads.

Here's a few from Manchester while i'm in a depressed mood


The Assize Courts- Before Hitler


And after.





Exchange Station, near Greengate.


Exchange station with Cromwell statue.


Platform 1.







Piccadilly.


Piccadilyl Gardens after the destruction of the Infirmary.


To this.





Market Street.


Again.


With trams.


To this.

[Boards]

Originally Posted by wjfox2002

Old St Paul's

150m spire

Tallest building in the world from 1310 until 1561 when the spire was destroyed by a lightning strike.

Lincoln Cathedral was reputedly 525 feet or 160m tall before it bought it in a storm.

[rottersclub]

Thanks guys, there's some great stuff here. I'm not even going to start with "lost Coventry." Suffice to say, a combination of Luftwaffe and Town Planners destroyed what was in 1911 the most preserved medieval town in Europe. Much of the 19th century industrial heritage - all the weavers sheds and mills - has gone, along with some of the iconic 20th century industry - ALfred Herberts, and the Art-Deco Wickmans building.

Interestingly, I've noticed the council have a site on which you can view and buy pictures of the old city!

http://www.picturesofcoventry.co.uk/database_search.php

[Mr Bricks]

Found this spectacular site with pics of the East End then and now. Some of the pics makes you wanna cry
When you´ve opened the site press "home" and then "East End then and now".

http://images.google.fi/imgres?imgur...lr%3D%26sa%3DG

[El_Greco]

Nice find!

[johnnypd]

good site that, i linked to it in the "former highbury and islington station" thread not long ago...

[Mr Bricks]

Whitechapel in the early 20s, dunno where exactly though.

[hellolazyness]

Originally Posted by zenith

Utopian communist, facist pants.

They were commies, not facists. I say this because people seem to think that being a commie is better than a facist, and they are just as dispicable, as proven by the widespread demolistion of classical architecture.

[hellolazyness]

God I feel depressed reading through this thread.

[Mr Bricks]

So do I. Britain and Europe have lost so much of their former glory

The East End seems to have been amazingly dense back then.

[Mr Bricks]

double post

[Zenith]

bum trousers to those who destroyed out heritage

[El_Greco]

Crystal Palace

[high_flyer]

If it hadn't burnt down, do you think it would still be standing today, and still be used?

I didn't know this;
"The building featured the largest roof ever made, and stood out in London architecture. To complement the mass of glass, the building was decorated in red, green, and blue, and the iron columns were variegated with yellow stripes"

[El_Greco]

Of course it would still be standing.Its such a great building!
I hope that one day it will be rebuilt.

[kids]

Check this out, originally posted by sjwmoore. Pics of Hulme, inner Manchester:

Originally Posted by sjwmoore

To put it all into a visual context, heres two aerial shots, onr from the 30s, and one from the 80s. The 80s one was originally billed as a "now" shot, but is as historic as the 30s one