Some more clever comparisons. "This series of fascinating composite images show the stark contrast between the London of World War Two during the Blitz and today. They were made to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the Blitz in the capital on May 11, 2016 - although the campaign continued on other parts of the UK for another two weeks. The Blitz (from the German word, 'lightning') was the most intense bombing campaign Britain has ever seen. Between September 1940 and May 1941 there were major raids with more than 100 tonnes of high explosives were dropped on 16 British cities. London was attacked 71 times and bombed by the Luftwaffe for 57 consecutive nights. More than one million London houses were destroyed or damaged, and more than 40,000 civilians were killed, almost half of them in London Birmingham, Liverpool and Plymouth were also hit eight times, Bristol six, Glasgow five, Southampton four, Portsmouth three, and there was also at least one large raid on another eight cities. Deeply-buried shelters provided the most protection against a direct hit, although the government in 1939 refused to allow tube stations to be used as shelters so as not to interfere with commuter and troop travel. However, by the second week of heavy bombing the government relented and ordered the stations to be opened. Each day orderly lines of people queued until 4 pm, when they were allowed to enter the stations, and by mid-September 1939 about 150,000 a night slept in the Underground. Despite the blanket bombing of the capital, some landmarks remained intact - such as St Pauls Cathedral, which was virtually unharmed, despite many buildings around it being reduced to rubble during the 57 nights of raid. On the evening of Saturday May 10, 1941 the Luftwaffe mounted its last major bombing raid of the Blitz on London, known as 'The Longest Night', bringing to an end a deadly campaign. " http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3579508/London-Blitz-Fascinating-pictures-then.html#ixzz485oKNiQG
Thanks Gordon, I liked then slide feature. Some of the recent photos showed a lessor quality of the replaced buildings. no doubt the economic conditions after the war plus the number of plain, characterless buildings of the modern movement in architecture. However many were repaired, renovated and some new ones are well done. Did Edinburgh and Sterling recieve any bombing attacks ?
There were 18 raids on Edinburgh during the war Gaines, with varying degrees of damage. Only one on Stirling, but it wrecked the local football ground and neighbouring houses- http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/new-book-lifts-lid-on-why-scotland-1053065#T0wX8LPuRFRTRdLs.97
If you ever tour the major cities of the UK its always interesting to spot the bomb splinter damage on old buildings - usually churches. Most people walk by it without noticing what it is. It's relatively common. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/119228299
albanaich, I always look for pockmarks on oplder buildings . Purdey's on South Audley st,. just off Hyde Park is very proud of their shotguns as wel;l as the slight bomb damage they choose to keep on their entry. Gaines
