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The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps, 1939-1945
by Laurence Ward
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The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps 19391945 1st The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps―meticulously handcolored to document the extent of the damage being wrought on the city and surrounding areas―represent a key record of the destruction wrought by the Blitz the impact of which can still be seen in the capital’s urban and social landscapes Bomb Damage Maps 19391945 Mapping London Previously you needed to visit the archive yourself and make an appointment to see the maps but now Laurence Ward Principle Archivist of the London Metropolitan Archive has taken these maps professionally photoreproduced them and included all 110 in this beautifully presented largeformat hardback book “The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps 19391945“ which is published by Thames Hudson this week to mark the 75th anniversary of the first German air raids in London in The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps CityLab Amid it all the London County Council—the old central administrative authority of what used to be called the County of London—diligently mapped the city’s traumatic transformation After an The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps 19391945 As a key record of the attack the London County Council Bomb Damage Maps represent destruction on a huge scale recording buildings and streets reduced to smoke and rubble The full set of maps is made up of 110 handcoloured 12500 Ordnance Survey base sheets originally published in 1916 but updated by the LCC to 1940 The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps 19391945 Between 1939 and 1945 London and its environs experienced destruction on a huge scale with air raids and rocket attacks reducing buildings and entire streets to rubble The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps speak of the human experience of war — of loss and camaraderie of tragedy and heroism — conjuring up the days of blackout and the Spirit of the Blitz The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps 19391945 The aerial bombardment of London during the Second World War is one of the most significant events in the city’s modern history Between 1939 and 1945 London and its environs experienced destruction on a huge and deadly scale with air raids and rocket attacks reducing entire buildings and streets to rubble Bomb Damage Maps 193945 Local Local History The new book called The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps 19391945 ISBN 0 902087 51 7 pub 2005 is a splendid production and will be consulted as long as London lives The area on the map around any particular school is only a few centimetres square but explains the old and new houses on the school doorstep as no other map or writing can do 9780500518250 The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps As a key record of the attack the London County Council Bomb Damage Maps represent destruction on a huge scale recording buildings and streets reduced to smoke and rubble The full set of maps is made up of 110 handcoloured 12500 Ordnance Survey base sheets originally published in 1916 but updated by the LCC to 1940
