Comments on: Scars Of War

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 14:07:03 +0000

Fascinating stuff, I am told that Calvert avenue received a V1 or V2 destroying large part of one of the blocks but this does not appear on any London bomb maps

By: martin norris

martin norris — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 09:39:07 +0000

Purdey, the gunsmiths in Great Audley Street Mayfair have preserved 1941 Blitz bomb damage to their window and added a small plaque. 5th pic down.

http://www.buildington.co.uk/buildings/london_w1/57-58_south_audley_street/audley_house/id/4257

By: Tim Chamberlain

Tim Chamberlain — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 21:08:43 +0000

I didn’t realise the shrapnel damage on the base of Cleopatra’s Needle was from WW1 …

There’s shrapnel damage on the stone foundation of the iron fence railings at the British Museum. On the forecourt (not street) side, to the east or right of the main gate as you enter.

By: crudgie

crudgie — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 01:46:45 +0000

i look for these now

By: Peter Holford

Peter Holford — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 20:26:22 +0000

I’ve never noticed this damage – probably dismissed it as a sign of wear and tear!

By: HoosierSands

HoosierSands — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 19:06:44 +0000

Kew Bridge shows damage caused by a 50kg bomb dropped on 24th February 1944, during the “Little Blitz”. My photo:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hoosiersands/8961470414/in/photolist-zbA3bY-xnHHCG-vxS1gC-tG65rJ-uFwJAA-ujzi3Y-uE4FNR-uDqrTe-tQXahG-t5gWEd-sws4di-ucLEyC-q3Kn78-oh5pPT-nNMb65-sD589g-nNKGXw-fhC84k-eDTSWA-eAMN5u-eATszb-eANsWS-eAFXWD-eAE9Dp-eAHiho-cgnr4m-bxByc9-bjGXCC-bjH3b5-exQuBs-9xoiro-8yBoef-8tVdGD

By: Pauline Taylor

Pauline Taylor — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 17:45:51 +0000

Reminds me vividly of trips to wartime London as a child when, even then, I was shocked at the devastation of all the bomb sites, and I also remember the rosebay willowherb which soon grew on all of them. Terrible times which we should never forget so thank you again GA.

By: John Harrison

John Harrison — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 16:48:49 +0000

Great pictures, thanks for a fascinating idea. More evidence of shrapnel marks in Whitehall walking up from Downing Street, also on the Guards memorial at Horseguards. On the corner of Dock Street and the Highway (near Wilton’s Music Hall) is now Topps Tiles in a recent building. Next door is an early 19th century house with scorch marks all the way down the immediately adjoining wall. Looks like Blitz damage.

By: Tom Murphy

Tom Murphy — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:56:36 +0000

Inside the Royal Academy: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/consequences-of-war

By: Annie G

Annie G — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:43:42 +0000

Brilliant! It has never occurred to me to look for this damage but I most certainly shall from now on. And well done London for bearing scars with dignity. I always used to wonder why there were sudden gaps in terraces until my mother took me and my children around the Peckham street of her WW2 childhood. The gaps were once houses that had been completely flattened in Blitz. Amazing that so many houses still stood, repaired and patched up all these years later. When I was 12 she pointed out the air raid siren still standing in the middle of Queen’s Road in Peckham. Gone now.