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Bob Griffin, pictured 22 years after he started his Coventry building Company R G Griffin. His firm is a regular contractor for Coventry city council and the Coventry Churches housing Association
The start of the demolition of Blaydon Railway Station on 20th September 1977
The sorry state of Blaydon Railway Station on 10th July 1977
Two new primary schools in the city opened their doors to excited Coventry youngsters today. Holbrook Junior and Infant School welcomed pupils into its new £ 2.5 million premises in Lythalls
The marshalling yard control tower at Tyne marshalling yard, Lamesley on 21st June 1963. Sixty feet high, it is the power house of the yard
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, sitting in front of the Taj Mahal during his visit to India. December 1980
Construction of the new Mermaid Theatre at Puddle Dock, Upper Thames Street in London, opened by actor and director Bernard Miles. 8th May 1959
Construction of the new Mermaid Theatre at Puddle Duck, Upper Thames Street in London, opened by actor and director Bernard Miles (pictured). 8th May 1959
View of Chartwell House in Kent, former residence of British Prime minister Winston Churchill. 16th June 1966
North End Spinning Companys Mill in Bolton, Greater Manchester, 16th March 1948
Dartmoor Prison January 1932
The supertanker Esso Hibernia being fitted out after her launch on the River Tyne at Swan Hunter on November 19, 1970
The Redesdale cinema, 224 Foleshill Road, Coventry, opened in 1933. It closed in 1952 and became a dance hall called Tree Tops Club in 1973 which closed in 1978. It is now a Sikh Temple
Ninety Warwick children had their first lessons in open-plan classrooms yesterday when they returned to school in a new building. They are in the junior section at St. Marys R.C
The George Stephenson South Street Locomotive Works offices in Newcastle Upon Tyne on 9th June 1998
The former derelict Brandling Station, Felling which is being transformed into a wildlife garden on 23rd April, 1980
Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones with his son Marlon at his home, the rented Villa Nellcote, a 19th century sixteen-room mansion on the waterfront of Villefranche-sur-Mer in the Cote d Azur where
View of the new stand at Old Trafford after redevelopment. 15th December 1996
Construction work in progress at Old Trafford. 7th July 1963
Construction in progress on the new £100 000 self contained training centre atConstruction in progress on the new £ 100 000 self contained training centre at the Cliff in Salford. Circa January 1968
Interior view of Old Trafford as construction work begins on the new three tier stand. Circa July 1995
Summer residence of the Shah of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlevi, near Tehran, Capital of Iran, Circa 1926
One of several "Gates of Tehran", Iran, covered with multi coloured tilesOne of several " Gates of Tehran", Iran, covered with multi coloured tiles, Circa 1926
Caravanserai in Hamadan, capital city of Hamadan Province of Iran. Circa 1926. Hamadan is believed to be among the oldest Iranian cities and one of the oldest in the world
Municipal offices in Tehran, Iran, Circa 1926
Stanhill Ring Spinning Mill, Oswaldtwistle near Accrington in Greater Manchester, May 1946
Kemsley House on Westgate Road, Newcastle. German airship the Graf Zeppelin was seen flying overhead on the morning of the 19th August, 1931
Victoria Square, Newcastle. (Robin Reliant) 19th May 1986
Victoria Square, Newcastle. 1st November 1961
Victoria Square, Newcastle. 19th May 1986
The changing face of Coventry is shown by these new blocks of flats towering over old houses in Weston Street, Hillfields, Coventry. 24th September 1966
A contrast between old and new buildings in Coventry. Modern blocks of flats tower over partly-demolished houses in Queens Street, Hillfields, Coventry. 23rd November 1966
The short and tall of the Hillfields landscape. Gone are the row-upon-row of terraced houses that once formed the heart of the area and in their place have sprung up great towering blocks of flats
Flat dwellers look down on a huddle of crumbling outhouses in Hillfields, Coventry. 11th February 1970
Bulldozers are clearing away the old Hillfields streets to make way for the high-rise flats. Our photograph shows some of the remaining buildings still to be demolished with the new flats looming up
The concrete circle of a sewer pipe outlines the rapidly changing scene. This is the new Hillfields of tower blocks and concrete
One of the open spaces that has appeared in the Hillfields area of Coventry where houses have been demolished. The local residents think the area should be landscaped
A resident on the eighth floor of Hillfields House, in Yardley Street, Coventry, looks out over the roofs of Hillfields at new flats rising up in Castle Street. 1st December 1966
The Dun Cow pub, Jordan Well, Coventry. This photo was taken just before it was demolished. 12th July 1963
St. Jamess Street, London, decorated for the Coronation of George V and Queen Mary. 22 June 1911 watscan - - 11/06/2010
Part of the old fire bridage headquarters in Rugby which will be let for commercial purposes. Two organisations are seeking the tenancy of other sections. 25th April 1966
The high rise flats under construction on Westgate Road in Newcastle 24 August 1965
Thatched roof cottages by the churching in the Cotswold village of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. Circa 1935
General views of Leeds, South Yorkshire. 13th December 1967 Local CaptionGeneral views of Leeds, South Yorkshire. 13th December 1967 watscan - - 30/04/2010
View of the Cotswolds village of Stanton, Gloucestershire. Circa 1935
Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire. September 1971
Bolton Castle, North Yorkshire. September 1971
Jervaulx Abbey - a 12th century Cistercian Monastery in the Yorkshire Dales. September 1971
