Need a help. Historical British buildings

[Freycinet]

Please remember that all historical sites and buildings were SANDBAGGED in the period of BoB. Monuments were covered up or removed to prevent bomb damage. Just look at the famous Anteros statue on Piccadilly Circus:

1896:


WWII:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus
"The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus was erected in 1893 to commemorate the philanthropic works of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. During the Second World War, the statue atop the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain was removed and was replaced by advertising hoardings. It was returned in 1948."

[Wolf_Rider]

www.antiquarian-rare-old-books.com (search Dover Castle) for the images which won't appear, even though links works in browser












http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Dover.html#anchor1001167

[ben_wh]

The book and the DVD (and the video extract) on this page may be relevant -

The National Gallery in Wartime
http://www.nationalgallery.co.uk/sho...oductID=300952


Cheers,

[Rodolphe]

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A tour of London in 1938.

Buckingham Palace 00:15

Constituition Hill 00:01:30

British Museum 00:02:40

Picadilly Circus 00:03:28

Trafalgar Square National Gallery, Church of St Martins, Nelson's Column 00:04:04

Whitehall 00:04:35

10 Downing Street, Neville Chamberlain 00:05:15

the Centograph 00:05:40

Scotland Yard 00:06:25

Westminster Abbey, Big Ben 00:06:40

St Paul's Cathedral 00:07:30

Bank of England 00:07:46

Tower of London 00:08:55

London Bridge 00:10:45

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnupsncpTng&NR=1

More to come next week. ; )



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[Hoverbug]

This is an excellent source of period imagery. Just start pulling up films with London in the description and 1940 in the date.

http://www.britishpathe.com/search.php

[Avimimus]

Originally Posted by Freycinet

"The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus was erected in 1893 to commemorate the philanthropic works of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. During the Second World War, the statue atop the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain was removed and was replaced by advertising hoardings. It was returned in 1948."

My question is: Where was it moved? It had to be somewhere. Somewhere potentially vulnerable to bombing...

[Asheshouse]

A lot of priceless art treasures were taken from London and stored in underground vaults near Aberystwyth in Mid Wales. Don't know where Eros went to but somewhere similar I would guess.