Comments on: Bus in a crater, 1940 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/bus-in-a-crater-1940/ If the past is a foreign country, this is your passport Wed, 24 Nov 2024 16:44:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bomba en el Metro « My Little Posterous http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/bus-in-a-crater-1940/#comment-18598 Bomba en el Metro « My Little Posterous Mon, 22 Nov 2024 13:37:17 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4088#comment-18598 [...] Vía Reddit + How to be a Retronaut [...] [...] Vía Reddit + How to be a Retronaut [...]

]]> By: Hugo E http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/bus-in-a-crater-1940/#comment-1664 Hugo E Thu, 03 Jun 2024 00:31:50 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4088#comment-1664 These are iconic images of a major disaster at Balham Tube Station on 14 October 1940. Contrary to popular belief Tube stations were not immune from serious damage from bombs:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balham_station These are iconic images of a major disaster at Balham Tube Station on 14 October 1940. Contrary to popular belief Tube stations were not immune from serious damage from bombs:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balham_station

]]> By: Dan http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/bus-in-a-crater-1940/#comment-1653 Dan Wed, 02 Jun 2024 05:38:32 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4088#comment-1653 Wow, thanks for the location guys, really gives a great perspective!! Wow, thanks for the location guys, really gives a great perspective!!

]]> By: Chris http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/bus-in-a-crater-1940/#comment-1640 Chris Tue, 01 Jun 2024 20:07:46 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4088#comment-1640 That is very cool indeed, Jimmy... That is very cool indeed, Jimmy…

]]> By: Jimmy A http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/bus-in-a-crater-1940/#comment-1636 Jimmy A Tue, 01 Jun 2024 19:25:32 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4088#comment-1636 Ah yes - got it - I think the link below should work http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Sainsbury's+Balham+High+Road&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=Sainsbury's+Balham+High+Road&hnear=&ll=51.444272,-0.152124&spn=0,0.008959&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.444101,-0.152273&panoid=ZrA8J_Jdcwvs0oTgzKVdMw&cbp=12,34.68,,1,2.18 Ah yes – got it – I think the link below should work

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Sainsbury‘s+Balham+High+Road&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=Sainsbury’s+Balham+High+Road&hnear=&ll=51.444272,-0.152124&spn=0,0.008959&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.444101,-0.152273&panoid=ZrA8J_Jdcwvs0oTgzKVdMw&cbp=12,34.68,,1,2.18

]]> By: John Simpson http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/bus-in-a-crater-1940/#comment-1631 John Simpson Tue, 01 Jun 2024 14:16:54 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4088#comment-1631 Balham High Road to be more precise. I've checked and I'm definitely right. Picture 3 shows a Sainsbury's on the right that is still there today, albeit in a new building. Balham High Road to be more precise. I’ve checked and I’m definitely right. Picture 3 shows a Sainsbury’s on the right that is still there today, albeit in a new building.

]]> By: John Simpson http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/bus-in-a-crater-1940/#comment-1629 John Simpson Tue, 01 Jun 2024 13:04:49 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4088#comment-1629 Balham it looks like. Balham it looks like.

]]> By: Jimmy A http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/bus-in-a-crater-1940/#comment-1628 Jimmy A Tue, 01 Jun 2024 12:53:06 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4088#comment-1628 Any idea of location? Any idea of location?

]]> By: VonsterVon http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/bus-in-a-crater-1940/#comment-1625 VonsterVon Tue, 01 Jun 2024 11:09:23 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4088#comment-1625 wow...that's unbelievable, almost surreal. we live in an age of special effects...hard to believe the true horror of this time. wow…that’s unbelievable, almost surreal. we live in an age of special effects…hard to believe the true horror of this time.

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