Demolition Collection

A small boy rummages among the tangled wrecks of old cars on waste ground in the Hillfields area of Coventry. In the background is the towering block of flats in Queen Street. 4th February 1965

Cottages are being demolished in Northgate (pictured) and Patten Lane, Guisborough. The old stone-built cottages, with their red pantile roofs and chimney stacks built of small bricks

The remarkable pattern of cellars at the old Customs House, Liverpool, now fast disappearing in demolition work. Liverpool, Merseyside. 7th April 1948

The old Customs House site, Liverpool. Circa 1967

Liverpool. Merseyside. August 1941. During the Blitz. Picture shows the Old Street and Castle Street area of Liverpool, The National Bank Building with the Holt Building to the left

Oak and Eldon Gardens, Birkenhead. The two notorious blocks of flats are nearing the end of their days. At the end of the month

Demolition of Bell Yard to make way for new station, Uxbridge, London. 19th August 1932

Homes demolition to make way for town hall. Middlesbrough, circa 1971

Steeplejack Fred Dibnah brought down the 100 foot Jamesons fireclay works chimney at Corbridge, Northumberland on 26 April 1987

Views of Liverpool, including St. Johns Beacon. 13th July 1989

Part of Gallowgate, Newcastle, flattened to make way for the new St. James Station. 22nd June 1976

The Half Penny Bridge, Saltburn, North Yorkshire, being blown up. 17th December 1974

Oak and Eldon Gardens, Birkenhead. Workmen preparing the flats for demolition. 26th September 1979

Demolition of Abbey Street Station, Nuneaton. 18th March 1976

Dereliction in Pontypridd Street, Splott. 11th September 1975

Demolition of old houses in the Thomas Street area of Coventry is being carried out by the Coventry Corporation as part of the redevelopment scheme for the Spon End district

Scenes in South Bank, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. 1973

Slum clearance at St Hilda s, Middlesbrough. 28th November 1955

Cannon Street scenes, Middlesbrough. 1972

Pearson Second Hand shop, 23, Stoney Stanton Road, Hillfields, Coventry. Number 21 must be demolished. You can see the high rise flats in the background. 25th October 1968

Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough, which is being demolished. 8th May 1997

The Colliery Arms Hotel, believed to be the oldest hotel in Pontypridd seen here being demolished to make way for the the Glamorgan County Councils planned Rhondda Road traffic scheme

The demolition of the Marine Spa, Torquay. 28th May 1971

The old Torquay coach station shelter being dismantled in May 1971

The demolition of the final section of the old A19 Wolviston interchange flyover is nearly finished as the giant ball smashes its way through. 26th January 1983

The demolition of Cleveland Flour Mill, Thornaby. 5th June 1970

Singer Vince Hill is also an enthusiastic photographer, he is seen here recording the changing face of the old mill town of Salford. February 1975

Radshaw Court Flats on the Ravenscourt Estate, Kirkby, in the process of being demolished. 21st February 1989

Town stand coming down at Leeds Road, the former ground for Huddersfield Town F. C
Town stand coming down at Leeds Road, the former ground for Huddersfield Town F.C. The final match was played on 30th April 1994. 7th June 1994

Its a long way to the ground as steeplejacks begin to demolish the 133 year old chimney at J & J Cash Ltd in Kingfield Road, Coventry, West Midlands

Gradually the former premises of J & J Cash in Kingsfield Road, Coventry are being demolished. The premises have stood empty since Cash s, best known for its woven name tapes, moved to a smaller

Demolition at J. J. Cash Ltd. 17th October 1985

Crumbling 375 foot high cooling tower at ICI, Wilton. 7th October 1979

Demolition of The Royal Aquarium and Winter Garden in Westminster. The building opened 1876 it was located immediately to the west of Westminster Abbey on Tothill Street

The concrete framework of the 10-storey block of flats in Hillfields rises up beyond the weather-scarred walls of derelict property in Queen Street, Coventry

The stubborn church tower... and the frustration of blaster Bates
The stubborn church tower...and the frustration of blaster Bates. The second attempt to demolish the spire of the Trinity Methodist church at Macclesfield fails as Blaster looks on in amazement

Two boys walk pass the partially demolished row of terrace houses in Blackburn May 1987

The demolition of the 60-year-old Rising Sun Colliery, Wallsend in 1974

Consett Steelworks being demolished in 1981. 09 / 01 / 81
Consett Steelworks being demolished in 1981. 09/01/81

Views of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral and the Grain Silo, currently being demolished. 13th July 1989

Street scene in New York, a policeman walking past as a building is being demolished. 13th February 1981

Street scene in New York, a building being demolished. 13th February 1981

Demolition work in progress at College Street, Bristol as new housing begins to replace housing and buildings which were damaged during the Bristol Blitz of World War Two. 8th February 1956

Hull, Yorkshire, January 1949. Hull was damaged severely in The Blitz, and picture shows an unstable pillared building finally coming down as it is too unsafe to stay up

Fetter Lane, off Fleet Street, London. A now unsafe building comes down after being severely damaged in The Blitz. Picture taken 15th May 1941

Demolition workers in Fetter Lane, near Fleet Street, London, pulling down now unsafe buildings that were damage in The Blitz over London. Picture taken 27th June 1941

The remains of Half Penny Bridge, Saltburn, North Yorkshire, after being blown up. 17th December 1974

Workmen busy demolishing old property in Queen Street, Cardiff. 6th April 1960

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