The first fighter in The Ring, Blackfriars Road, Southwark was the Rev. Rowland Hill, eccentric revivalist who had chosen for his opponent the Devil. He built his strangely shaped Surrey Chapel (its first name) in 1783, he built it so there were no corners within where the Devil might lurk and preached for nearly 50 years from a pulpit in the centre.
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First damaged in September, 1940, the Three Tuns, in Viscount Street, Bridgewater Square, disappeared when Hitler laid waste with fire-bombs to the wholesale hosiery, drapery, and millinery area of the City of London in December, 1940.
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Britannia Theatre, Hoxton Street, Shoreditch, was burned out by Hitler early in 1940, and completely wrecked by a land mine on December 8, the same year.
These photos of WW2 bomb damage in London are from a collection of newspaper and magazine articles published in England during World War Two.
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These photos of WW2 bomb damage in London are from a collection of newspaper and magazine articles published in England during World War Two. My late grandfather gave these to me as he knew I was interested in London history.
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In High Street South, East Ham, the White Horse Hotel was a victim twice in four days of Hitler’s flying bombs. The first bomb fell on June 23, 1944, in nearby Flanders Road. Six people were killed, six seriously injured,
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Images from East London showing the destruction from German bombs during World War Two. Images scanned from a genuine copy of The London Evening news magazine, handed down to me from my late grandfather.
ONE of the worst of the V2 rocket incidents happened in March,
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Hughes Mansions, Vallance Road, Stepney, were destroyed in March, 1945, by the last of Hitler’s rockets to fall on London. This was the second worst of all rocket incidents, involving 131 deaths and severe injuries to 40 people.
These photos of WW2 bomb damage in London are from a collection of newspaper and magazine articles published in England during World War Two.
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Images from East London showing the destruction from German bombs during World War Two. Images scanned from a genuine copy of The London Evening news magazine, handed down to me from my grandfather.
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Images from East London showing the destruction from German bombs during World War Two. Images scanned from a genuine copy of The London Evening news magazine, handed down to me from my grandfather.
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Images from East London showing the destruction from German bombs during World War Two. Images scanned from a genuine copy of The London Evening news magazine, handed down to me from my grandfather.
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Images from East London showing the destruction from German bombs during World War Two. Images scanned from a genuine copy of The London Evening news magazine, handed down to me from my grandfather.
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Images from East London showing the destruction from German bombs during World War Two. Images scanned from a genuine copy of The London Evening news magazine, handed down to me from my grandfather.
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Images from East London showing the destruction from German bombs during World War Two. Images scanned from a genuine copy of The London Evening news magazine, handed down to me from my grandfather.
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When German bombs came to Bridewell Place on December 29th, 1940, two top floors of London City Mission were destroyed. The rest of the building had to be demolished but the Mission saved its records.
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