These then-and-now photos show London’s lost Crystal Palace. Written by James Manning Content Director, EMEA Monday 4 February 2019. Share. Copy Link. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email WhatsApp.

Letter lost in 1916 delivered in London after 100 years. Envelope reportedly has stamp bearing George V’s head. ... It arrived at a flat on Hamlet Road, Crystal Palace, in 2021.

The 17th century Oxford Arms coaching inn, the Crystal Palace settling into its Sydenham home, and a group of 'public disinfectors' are among the photographs that'll be on display at Lost ...

Enter Crystal Palace High Level Station on 23 December 1865 — providing a shorter, less steep schlep to all the fun of the fair — plus the unique opportunity for first-class passengers to ...

But when the Great Exhibition came to a close on Oct. 11, 1851, it quickly became clear that the Crystal Palace was too impressive a structure to be lost to history.

Built in 1850, the Crystal Palace was first located in London’s Hyde Park, where it housed the Great Exhibition of 1851. More than six million people visited the event —an estimated third of ...

Alas, in November 1936, a fire broke out after an explosion in the women's cloakroom. The Crystal Palace was destroyed; the only surviving structures were two water towers and a part of the main nave.

It's one of the last remnants of the Crystal Palace which was destroyed by a huge fire in 1936. The subway boasts 18 stone columns and ornate brick vaulting. It served as a WWII air raid shelter ...