Sujet

Little Park Street, Coventry, 1941. Creator: George Bernard Mason.

Légende

Little Park Street, Coventry, 1941. The exterior of 92 Little Park Street showing bomb damage to the facade and notices relating to rationing and air raids posted to the boards covering the broken windows. Coventry City centre was devastated by air raids in November 1940. The bombing left the cathedral in ruins and destroyed much of the historic fabric of the city. Much of Little Park Street was demolished. The Magistrates Court now occupies the site of this house.

Date

1941

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM21B16_056

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

68,2Mo (3,5Mo) / 36,2cm x 47,2cm / 4275 x 5572 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors building buildings England destruction house houses country window British English windows war location century Britain broken wartime concept B&W 1940s warfare west midlands Forties bombed World War II World War two WWII bombing black & white black and white B W world war 2 20th century air raid Blitz aerial warfare bomb damage Coventry decade Second World War TGN WW2 outside street photograph 2nd World War Little Park Street George Bernard Mason Mason George Bernard Historic England