| Description | Black and white photograph showing blast damage suffered by buildings on the north-east side of Aldwych following a V1 hit (incident 1879). The view looks east from Adastral House at the corner of Kingsway, where a fireman on a ladder aims water through a first floor window. The view includes Houghton House, Connaught House, Colombia House and Aldwych House. The streets are strewn with debris. Photograph by Planet News. |