Gasworks at Nine Elms Battersea 1958 George Elgar Hicks Bomb Damage at the Bank

Bomb Damage at the Bank underground station

some wearing election favours

and the importance of London's communications with the rest of the world

Piccadilly Circus

A woman walking through a street market selling bric-a-brac

Gasworks at Nine Elms Battersea 1958 George Elgar Hicks Bomb Damage at the BankThe 19th century gasworks in Nine Elms, Battersea were built by the Gas Light and Coke Company. In 1952, after lengthy reconstruction following the Second World War damage, a new coal handling plant and jetty were built at Nine Elms to expand the works. Coal continued to be brought to the site directly from the ships on the Thames. By the late 1950s, the industry was rapidly diminishing. Since many local people worked at the plant, the loss was felt