Crystal Palace, 1936. by Max2310 Tags:LondonUnited Kingdom 12 comments What a shame Apparently the molten glass flowed like rivers of lava So sad I remember my Nan saying you could see the smoke from the other side of London. Such a terrible shame. We should rebuild it. It was beautiful Early smart phone camera pic. Just looked at this place online and the shear size of this thing was insane. Hard to imagine My mum told me stories that my grandfather could see the glow of this fire from Mile End. My grandad cycled with his mates from Clapham to watch it said the whole of the sky in south London was lit up What inside made it burn so furiously? Crystal Palace was basically a glass structure with steel frame. Not flammable on its own. Was it packed full of timber or something? Edit: just googled and the heat came from the large area of wooden flooring combined with wind that fanned the flames It was the anniversary today. Inside the transmitter a before and after aerial photograph on the wall shows the devastation. My grandad and his mate saw the smoke and walked from Bankside to Sydenham following it, when they were turned back by the police. He was 10. Comments are closed.
I remember my Nan saying you could see the smoke from the other side of London. Such a terrible shame.
My grandad cycled with his mates from Clapham to watch it said the whole of the sky in south London was lit up
What inside made it burn so furiously? Crystal Palace was basically a glass structure with steel frame. Not flammable on its own. Was it packed full of timber or something? Edit: just googled and the heat came from the large area of wooden flooring combined with wind that fanned the flames
It was the anniversary today. Inside the transmitter a before and after aerial photograph on the wall shows the devastation.
My grandad and his mate saw the smoke and walked from Bankside to Sydenham following it, when they were turned back by the police. He was 10.
12 comments
What a shame
Apparently the molten glass flowed like rivers of lava
So sad
I remember my Nan saying you could see the smoke from the other side of London. Such a terrible shame.
We should rebuild it. It was beautiful
Early smart phone camera pic.
Just looked at this place online and the shear size of this thing was insane. Hard to imagine
My mum told me stories that my grandfather could see the glow of this fire from Mile End.
My grandad cycled with his mates from
Clapham to watch it said the whole of the sky in south London was lit up
What inside made it burn so furiously? Crystal Palace was basically a glass structure with steel frame. Not flammable on its own.
Was it packed full of timber or something?
Edit: just googled and the heat came from the large area of wooden flooring combined with wind that fanned the flames
It was the anniversary today. Inside the transmitter a before and after aerial photograph on the wall shows the devastation.
My grandad and his mate saw the smoke and walked from Bankside to Sydenham following it, when they were turned back by the police. He was 10.
Comments are closed.