Evocative juxtapositions, courtesy of the London Museum collection . Inspired by the StreetMuseum app.
Bomb damage at number 21 Queen Victoria street, 1941.
The collapsing front of Nos. 23 & 25 Queen Victoria Street, caused by the German bombing raid on the City of London on the night of 10th May 1941 - the most severe attack London had sustained throughout the Blitz.
Via: Museum of London/By kind permission of the Commissioner of the City of London Police
Anti-Union Movement protestors, Trafalgar Square, 1962.
Oswald Mosley and the far-right Union Movement attempted to stage a rally in Trafalgar Square. There was fierce opposition. Amongst the protestors - who chanted "Down with Mosley! Down with fascism!" - were 1,000 people, led by the Reverend Bill Sargent of Dalston, who wore the yellow Star of David in memory of the Jewish Holocaust.
Via: Henry Grant Collection/Museum of London
Bomb damage at Bank Underground Station, 1941.
During a night raid of the Blitz on London on January 10th, 1941, Bank Underground station sustained a direct hit. Some of the estimated 111 dead, who had been sheltering in the tube, were thrown into the path of an incoming train.
Via: Museum of London/by kind permission of the Commissioner of the City of London Police
Emmeline Pankhurst being arrested while trying to present a petition to the King, 1914.
21 May 1914. As she was being carried past a group of reporters, Pankhurst called out, "Arrested at the gates of the Palace. Tell the King". She was then lifted in to a waiting car and driven straight to Holloway prison. The arresting officer, Superintendent Rolfe, died two weeks later of heart failure.
Via: Museum Of London
