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  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • No, her name's not Spike! Bulldog left with FIVE HUNDRED quills stuck in her face after run in with a porcupine<br />
<br />
Bella Mae, a three-year-old bulldog from Oklahoma, learned a lesson she probably won't forget after she tangled with a porcupine and was left with 500 quills stuck in her face. <br />
Veterinarians in Norman undertook emergency surgery on her to remove the prickly spines from her head and her feet.<br />
Some of the quills are still inside her body, veterinarians believe, though she is now recovering from the attack. <br />
<br />
Jerry and Allison Noles told KWTV the bulldog was playing with their other pets near their pond on July 29, when they encountered an ambling porcupine.<br />
The bristly rodents are typically nocturnal, slow and passive.<br />
The Noleses believe the porcupine visited their pond to drink because water is becoming scarce in Oklahoma. <br />
They think Bella Mae got a little too close for comfort and provoked the animal's ire -- prompting the prickly attack. <br />
Doctors at the Animal Emergency Center worked on the operating table to dig the quills out of the bulldog's face, neck, legs and chest.<br />
The lucky pooch was not hit in the eyes. <br />
Veterinarian Leonardo Baez told KWTV he has never seen such a horrific porcupine attack against a pet before. <br />
'I've seen some greyhounds and bird dogs come in (contact) with them, but it's not very often it happens, especially here in the city,' he said. <br />
Bella May remains on antibiotics because of the quills remain embedded in her skin, where veterinarians could not dig them out.<br />
©Animal Emergency Center/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_ Bulldog_Left_Spiked11.jpg
  • No, her name's not Spike! Bulldog left with FIVE HUNDRED quills stuck in her face after run in with a porcupine<br />
<br />
Bella Mae, a three-year-old bulldog from Oklahoma, learned a lesson she probably won't forget after she tangled with a porcupine and was left with 500 quills stuck in her face. <br />
Veterinarians in Norman undertook emergency surgery on her to remove the prickly spines from her head and her feet.<br />
Some of the quills are still inside her body, veterinarians believe, though she is now recovering from the attack. <br />
<br />
Jerry and Allison Noles told KWTV the bulldog was playing with their other pets near their pond on July 29, when they encountered an ambling porcupine.<br />
The bristly rodents are typically nocturnal, slow and passive.<br />
The Noleses believe the porcupine visited their pond to drink because water is becoming scarce in Oklahoma. <br />
They think Bella Mae got a little too close for comfort and provoked the animal's ire -- prompting the prickly attack. <br />
Doctors at the Animal Emergency Center worked on the operating table to dig the quills out of the bulldog's face, neck, legs and chest.<br />
The lucky pooch was not hit in the eyes. <br />
Veterinarian Leonardo Baez told KWTV he has never seen such a horrific porcupine attack against a pet before. <br />
'I've seen some greyhounds and bird dogs come in (contact) with them, but it's not very often it happens, especially here in the city,' he said. <br />
Bella May remains on antibiotics because of the quills remain embedded in her skin, where veterinarians could not dig them out.<br />
©Animal Emergency Center/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_ Bulldog_Left_Spiked10.jpg
  • No, her name's not Spike! Bulldog left with FIVE HUNDRED quills stuck in her face after run in with a porcupine<br />
<br />
Bella Mae, a three-year-old bulldog from Oklahoma, learned a lesson she probably won't forget after she tangled with a porcupine and was left with 500 quills stuck in her face. <br />
Veterinarians in Norman undertook emergency surgery on her to remove the prickly spines from her head and her feet.<br />
Some of the quills are still inside her body, veterinarians believe, though she is now recovering from the attack. <br />
<br />
Jerry and Allison Noles told KWTV the bulldog was playing with their other pets near their pond on July 29, when they encountered an ambling porcupine.<br />
The bristly rodents are typically nocturnal, slow and passive.<br />
The Noleses believe the porcupine visited their pond to drink because water is becoming scarce in Oklahoma. <br />
They think Bella Mae got a little too close for comfort and provoked the animal's ire -- prompting the prickly attack. <br />
Doctors at the Animal Emergency Center worked on the operating table to dig the quills out of the bulldog's face, neck, legs and chest.<br />
The lucky pooch was not hit in the eyes. <br />
Veterinarian Leonardo Baez told KWTV he has never seen such a horrific porcupine attack against a pet before. <br />
'I've seen some greyhounds and bird dogs come in (contact) with them, but it's not very often it happens, especially here in the city,' he said. <br />
Bella May remains on antibiotics because of the quills remain embedded in her skin, where veterinarians could not dig them out.<br />
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  • No, her name's not Spike! Bulldog left with FIVE HUNDRED quills stuck in her face after run in with a porcupine<br />
<br />
Bella Mae, a three-year-old bulldog from Oklahoma, learned a lesson she probably won't forget after she tangled with a porcupine and was left with 500 quills stuck in her face. <br />
Veterinarians in Norman undertook emergency surgery on her to remove the prickly spines from her head and her feet.<br />
Some of the quills are still inside her body, veterinarians believe, though she is now recovering from the attack. <br />
<br />
Jerry and Allison Noles told KWTV the bulldog was playing with their other pets near their pond on July 29, when they encountered an ambling porcupine.<br />
The bristly rodents are typically nocturnal, slow and passive.<br />
The Noleses believe the porcupine visited their pond to drink because water is becoming scarce in Oklahoma. <br />
They think Bella Mae got a little too close for comfort and provoked the animal's ire -- prompting the prickly attack. <br />
Doctors at the Animal Emergency Center worked on the operating table to dig the quills out of the bulldog's face, neck, legs and chest.<br />
The lucky pooch was not hit in the eyes. <br />
Veterinarian Leonardo Baez told KWTV he has never seen such a horrific porcupine attack against a pet before. <br />
'I've seen some greyhounds and bird dogs come in (contact) with them, but it's not very often it happens, especially here in the city,' he said. <br />
Bella May remains on antibiotics because of the quills remain embedded in her skin, where veterinarians could not dig them out.<br />
©Animal Emergency Center/Exclusivepix
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  • No, her name's not Spike! Bulldog left with FIVE HUNDRED quills stuck in her face after run in with a porcupine<br />
<br />
Bella Mae, a three-year-old bulldog from Oklahoma, learned a lesson she probably won't forget after she tangled with a porcupine and was left with 500 quills stuck in her face. <br />
Veterinarians in Norman undertook emergency surgery on her to remove the prickly spines from her head and her feet.<br />
Some of the quills are still inside her body, veterinarians believe, though she is now recovering from the attack. <br />
<br />
Jerry and Allison Noles told KWTV the bulldog was playing with their other pets near their pond on July 29, when they encountered an ambling porcupine.<br />
The bristly rodents are typically nocturnal, slow and passive.<br />
The Noleses believe the porcupine visited their pond to drink because water is becoming scarce in Oklahoma. <br />
They think Bella Mae got a little too close for comfort and provoked the animal's ire -- prompting the prickly attack. <br />
Doctors at the Animal Emergency Center worked on the operating table to dig the quills out of the bulldog's face, neck, legs and chest.<br />
The lucky pooch was not hit in the eyes. <br />
Veterinarian Leonardo Baez told KWTV he has never seen such a horrific porcupine attack against a pet before. <br />
'I've seen some greyhounds and bird dogs come in (contact) with them, but it's not very often it happens, especially here in the city,' he said. <br />
Bella May remains on antibiotics because of the quills remain embedded in her skin, where veterinarians could not dig them out.<br />
©Animal Emergency Center/Exclusivepix
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  • No, her name's not Spike! Bulldog left with FIVE HUNDRED quills stuck in her face after run in with a porcupine<br />
<br />
Bella Mae, a three-year-old bulldog from Oklahoma, learned a lesson she probably won't forget after she tangled with a porcupine and was left with 500 quills stuck in her face. <br />
Veterinarians in Norman undertook emergency surgery on her to remove the prickly spines from her head and her feet.<br />
Some of the quills are still inside her body, veterinarians believe, though she is now recovering from the attack. <br />
<br />
Jerry and Allison Noles told KWTV the bulldog was playing with their other pets near their pond on July 29, when they encountered an ambling porcupine.<br />
The bristly rodents are typically nocturnal, slow and passive.<br />
The Noleses believe the porcupine visited their pond to drink because water is becoming scarce in Oklahoma. <br />
They think Bella Mae got a little too close for comfort and provoked the animal's ire -- prompting the prickly attack. <br />
Doctors at the Animal Emergency Center worked on the operating table to dig the quills out of the bulldog's face, neck, legs and chest.<br />
The lucky pooch was not hit in the eyes. <br />
Veterinarian Leonardo Baez told KWTV he has never seen such a horrific porcupine attack against a pet before. <br />
'I've seen some greyhounds and bird dogs come in (contact) with them, but it's not very often it happens, especially here in the city,' he said. <br />
Bella May remains on antibiotics because of the quills remain embedded in her skin, where veterinarians could not dig them out.<br />
©Animal Emergency Center/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_ Bulldog_Left_Spiked06.jpg
  • No, her name's not Spike! Bulldog left with FIVE HUNDRED quills stuck in her face after run in with a porcupine<br />
<br />
Bella Mae, a three-year-old bulldog from Oklahoma, learned a lesson she probably won't forget after she tangled with a porcupine and was left with 500 quills stuck in her face. <br />
Veterinarians in Norman undertook emergency surgery on her to remove the prickly spines from her head and her feet.<br />
Some of the quills are still inside her body, veterinarians believe, though she is now recovering from the attack. <br />
<br />
Jerry and Allison Noles told KWTV the bulldog was playing with their other pets near their pond on July 29, when they encountered an ambling porcupine.<br />
The bristly rodents are typically nocturnal, slow and passive.<br />
The Noleses believe the porcupine visited their pond to drink because water is becoming scarce in Oklahoma. <br />
They think Bella Mae got a little too close for comfort and provoked the animal's ire -- prompting the prickly attack. <br />
Doctors at the Animal Emergency Center worked on the operating table to dig the quills out of the bulldog's face, neck, legs and chest.<br />
The lucky pooch was not hit in the eyes. <br />
Veterinarian Leonardo Baez told KWTV he has never seen such a horrific porcupine attack against a pet before. <br />
'I've seen some greyhounds and bird dogs come in (contact) with them, but it's not very often it happens, especially here in the city,' he said. <br />
Bella May remains on antibiotics because of the quills remain embedded in her skin, where veterinarians could not dig them out.<br />
©Animal Emergency Center/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_ Bulldog_Left_Spiked05.jpg
  • No, her name's not Spike! Bulldog left with FIVE HUNDRED quills stuck in her face after run in with a porcupine<br />
<br />
Bella Mae, a three-year-old bulldog from Oklahoma, learned a lesson she probably won't forget after she tangled with a porcupine and was left with 500 quills stuck in her face. <br />
Veterinarians in Norman undertook emergency surgery on her to remove the prickly spines from her head and her feet.<br />
Some of the quills are still inside her body, veterinarians believe, though she is now recovering from the attack. <br />
<br />
Jerry and Allison Noles told KWTV the bulldog was playing with their other pets near their pond on July 29, when they encountered an ambling porcupine.<br />
The bristly rodents are typically nocturnal, slow and passive.<br />
The Noleses believe the porcupine visited their pond to drink because water is becoming scarce in Oklahoma. <br />
They think Bella Mae got a little too close for comfort and provoked the animal's ire -- prompting the prickly attack. <br />
Doctors at the Animal Emergency Center worked on the operating table to dig the quills out of the bulldog's face, neck, legs and chest.<br />
The lucky pooch was not hit in the eyes. <br />
Veterinarian Leonardo Baez told KWTV he has never seen such a horrific porcupine attack against a pet before. <br />
'I've seen some greyhounds and bird dogs come in (contact) with them, but it's not very often it happens, especially here in the city,' he said. <br />
Bella May remains on antibiotics because of the quills remain embedded in her skin, where veterinarians could not dig them out.<br />
©Animal Emergency Center/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_ Bulldog_Left_Spiked04.jpg
  • No, her name's not Spike! Bulldog left with FIVE HUNDRED quills stuck in her face after run in with a porcupine<br />
<br />
Bella Mae, a three-year-old bulldog from Oklahoma, learned a lesson she probably won't forget after she tangled with a porcupine and was left with 500 quills stuck in her face. <br />
Veterinarians in Norman undertook emergency surgery on her to remove the prickly spines from her head and her feet.<br />
Some of the quills are still inside her body, veterinarians believe, though she is now recovering from the attack. <br />
<br />
Jerry and Allison Noles told KWTV the bulldog was playing with their other pets near their pond on July 29, when they encountered an ambling porcupine.<br />
The bristly rodents are typically nocturnal, slow and passive.<br />
The Noleses believe the porcupine visited their pond to drink because water is becoming scarce in Oklahoma. <br />
They think Bella Mae got a little too close for comfort and provoked the animal's ire -- prompting the prickly attack. <br />
Doctors at the Animal Emergency Center worked on the operating table to dig the quills out of the bulldog's face, neck, legs and chest.<br />
The lucky pooch was not hit in the eyes. <br />
Veterinarian Leonardo Baez told KWTV he has never seen such a horrific porcupine attack against a pet before. <br />
'I've seen some greyhounds and bird dogs come in (contact) with them, but it's not very often it happens, especially here in the city,' he said. <br />
Bella May remains on antibiotics because of the quills remain embedded in her skin, where veterinarians could not dig them out.<br />
©Animal Emergency Center/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_ Bulldog_Left_Spiked03.jpg
  • No, her name's not Spike! Bulldog left with FIVE HUNDRED quills stuck in her face after run in with a porcupine<br />
<br />
Bella Mae, a three-year-old bulldog from Oklahoma, learned a lesson she probably won't forget after she tangled with a porcupine and was left with 500 quills stuck in her face. <br />
Veterinarians in Norman undertook emergency surgery on her to remove the prickly spines from her head and her feet.<br />
Some of the quills are still inside her body, veterinarians believe, though she is now recovering from the attack. <br />
<br />
Jerry and Allison Noles told KWTV the bulldog was playing with their other pets near their pond on July 29, when they encountered an ambling porcupine.<br />
The bristly rodents are typically nocturnal, slow and passive.<br />
The Noleses believe the porcupine visited their pond to drink because water is becoming scarce in Oklahoma. <br />
They think Bella Mae got a little too close for comfort and provoked the animal's ire -- prompting the prickly attack. <br />
Doctors at the Animal Emergency Center worked on the operating table to dig the quills out of the bulldog's face, neck, legs and chest.<br />
The lucky pooch was not hit in the eyes. <br />
Veterinarian Leonardo Baez told KWTV he has never seen such a horrific porcupine attack against a pet before. <br />
'I've seen some greyhounds and bird dogs come in (contact) with them, but it's not very often it happens, especially here in the city,' he said. <br />
Bella May remains on antibiotics because of the quills remain embedded in her skin, where veterinarians could not dig them out.<br />
©Animal Emergency Center/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_ Bulldog_Left_Spiked02.jpg
  • No, her name's not Spike! Bulldog left with FIVE HUNDRED quills stuck in her face after run in with a porcupine<br />
<br />
Bella Mae, a three-year-old bulldog from Oklahoma, learned a lesson she probably won't forget after she tangled with a porcupine and was left with 500 quills stuck in her face. <br />
Veterinarians in Norman undertook emergency surgery on her to remove the prickly spines from her head and her feet.<br />
Some of the quills are still inside her body, veterinarians believe, though she is now recovering from the attack. <br />
<br />
Jerry and Allison Noles told KWTV the bulldog was playing with their other pets near their pond on July 29, when they encountered an ambling porcupine.<br />
The bristly rodents are typically nocturnal, slow and passive.<br />
The Noleses believe the porcupine visited their pond to drink because water is becoming scarce in Oklahoma. <br />
They think Bella Mae got a little too close for comfort and provoked the animal's ire -- prompting the prickly attack. <br />
Doctors at the Animal Emergency Center worked on the operating table to dig the quills out of the bulldog's face, neck, legs and chest.<br />
The lucky pooch was not hit in the eyes. <br />
Veterinarian Leonardo Baez told KWTV he has never seen such a horrific porcupine attack against a pet before. <br />
'I've seen some greyhounds and bird dogs come in (contact) with them, but it's not very often it happens, especially here in the city,' he said. <br />
Bella May remains on antibiotics because of the quills remain embedded in her skin, where veterinarians could not dig them out.<br />
©Animal Emergency Center/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_ Bulldog_Left_Spiked01.jpg
  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  Sometimes even substantially intact aeroplanes like this Heinkel 111 of KG55, shot down onto the beach at East Wittering, West Sussex on 26 August 1940, defied all attempts at recovery. Just yards from the foreshore, this aircraft would literally sink into the sands as successive tides came and went and the relentless action of the English Channel subsequently broke up and dispersed the protruding remains. Many years later, during the 1970s, some of the remaining wrec
    ExPix_RARE_PHOTOGRAPHS_AIRCRAFT_SALV...jpg
  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  Sometimes even substantially intact aeroplanes like this Heinkel 111 of KG55, shot down onto the beach at East Wittering, West Sussex on 26 August 1940, defied all attempts at recovery. Just yards from the foreshore, this aircraft would literally sink into the sands as successive tides came and went and the relentless action of the English Channel subsequently broke up and dispersed the protruding remains. Many years later, during the 1970s, some of the remaining wrec
    ExPix_RARE_PHOTOGRAPHS_AIRCRAFT_SALV...jpg
  • Who ate all the pies? Greedy possum overwhelmed by pastries after sneaking into bakery (but web sceptics are crying foul)<br />
<br />
Could this be the world's cleverest possum?<br />
Skeptics are crying Photoshop. <br />
But to the innocent eye this appears to be exactly as it claims - a greedy rodent in a bakery. <br />
Images are spreading round the internet of this zoned-out animal, as it slumps in a sugar-induced slumber.<br />
Believed to have been taken in Australia, the photograph appears to show the aftermath of a pastry binge, courtesy of a possum with eyes bigger than its stomach.<br />
The unwitting creature has devoured at least a quarter of the tray of jammy goods upon which it has made its bed.<br />
It is quite literally caught red handed, slumped with tell-tale smears of jelly covering its paws, a suspicious looking hole visible in the side of the box.<br />
And as it sprawls across the remaining pies it seems like not a case of it but when the rodent will get around to finishing off its feast. <br />
But all may not be quite what it seems, according to angry bloggers who claim the whole set up is bogus.<br />
The photo first went live on Reddit, claiming to have been taken at Sydney's Taronga Zoo but rumours quickly spread of a New York-based scam.<br />
These have since been disbanded owing to differences in appearance between American and Australian possums but the mystery still remains.<br />
Is this or is this not a possum in a bakery?<br />
©Exclusivepix
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  • SAUDI ARABIA FROM ABOVE<br />
Many people assume that the Saudi Kingdom abounds with luxury buildings and signs of wealth, but outside of the main cities, the country remains very rural. This old village with mud houses is located in the Asir province. These houses are called midmakh and they may have up to seven floors. The huge walls are the best way to keep temperatures cool during the summer. There are rooftop terraces that allow people to enjoy fresher air.
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  This was the official 49 MU Enemy Aircraft Collection Order issued to A.V. Nicholls & Co. with instructions to remove the remains of the Bexley Dornier and convey to RAF Faygate.<br />
©Pen and Sword/Exclusivepix Media
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  Digging out the buried wreckages of aircraft was done with varying degrees of enthusiasm by the MU salvage parties and very often depended upon site accessibility, depth of the buried aircraft, availability of equipment and manpower. An additional factor might well have been the need to retrieve the remains of any aircrew still trapped in the wreckage – such assignments obviously being extremely unpopular with the salvage parties. In this instance, a Messerschmitt 1
    ExPix_RARE_PHOTOGRAPHS_AIRCRAFT_SALV...jpg
  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  Digging out the buried wreckages of aircraft was done with varying degrees of enthusiasm by the MU salvage parties and very often depended upon site accessibility, depth of the buried aircraft, availability of equipment and manpower. An additional factor might well have been the need to retrieve the remains of any aircrew still trapped in the wreckage – such assignments obviously being extremely unpopular with the salvage parties. In this instance, a Messerschmitt 1
    ExPix_RARE_PHOTOGRAPHS_AIRCRAFT_SALV...jpg
  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  Almost certainly this image was also captured at the Banbury plant or a local out-station and shows the Messerschmitt 109 of 3./LG2 shot down at Shellness on 15 September 1940 with its pilot, Uffz August Klick, taken POW. Here it is seen adorned with anti-German graffiti and appears to be in the process of being stripped of souvenirs, judging by the pile of items heaped up on the ground behind the rudder. In the background can be seen the remains of Dornier 17s and a
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  • Fashion in North Korea<br />
<br />
In every corner of the earth, women love to look beautiful and keep up with the latest fashion trends. The women of North Korea are no different. Fashion is taken seriously here. But in North Korea, women do not read Elle or Vogue; they just glimpse a few styles by watching TV or by observing the few foreigners who come to visit. In the hermit kingdom, clothing also reflects social status. If you have foreign clothes it means you travel and are consequently close to the centralized power. Chinese products have inundated the country, adding some color to the traditional outfits that were made of vynalon fiber. But citizens beware, too much style means you’re forgetting the North Korean juche, the ethos of self-reliance that the country is founded on! But the youth tend to neglect it despite the potential consequences.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: The clothing floor in one of the biggest malls in Pyongyang. This kind of store is reserved for the elite, but still the selection remains very limited. Many North Korean students can watch movies from the west when they study English, but they all told me it was impossible to find the clothes from the films in their country. I found some Adidas shoes in this store, at the high price of 100 US dollars.<br />
©Eric Lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
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  • Fashion in North Korea<br />
<br />
In every corner of the earth, women love to look beautiful and keep up with the latest fashion trends. The women of North Korea are no different. Fashion is taken seriously here. But in North Korea, women do not read Elle or Vogue; they just glimpse a few styles by watching TV or by observing the few foreigners who come to visit. In the hermit kingdom, clothing also reflects social status. If you have foreign clothes it means you travel and are consequently close to the centralized power. Chinese products have inundated the country, adding some color to the traditional outfits that were made of vynalon fiber. But citizens beware, too much style means you’re forgetting the North Korean juche, the ethos of self-reliance that the country is founded on! But the youth tend to neglect it despite the potential consequences.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: <br />
Clash of civilization... Kil Il Sung Vs Prada...<br />
The clothing floor in one of the biggest malls in Pyongyang. This kind of store is reserved for the elite, but still the selection remains very limited. Many North Korean students can watch movies from the west when they study English, but they all told me it was impossible to find the clothes from the films in their country. I found some Adidas shoes in this store, at the high price of 100 US dollars.<br />
In a shop of a luxury hotel in Pyongyang, high end perfumes can be bought with euros. Most of these products however are made in China.<br />
Every north korean woman will tell you she dreams to buy a perfume from Paris... They’ll have to wait a little bit...<br />
Very white skin is seen as an attractive trait in North Korea. Darker skin signifies that you work in the fields and are part of a lower cast. Girls use rice powder to make themselves more pale.<br />
Pale must be maintained, in any situation!<br />
Using UV tanning beds to look like you were out in the sun is not yet a trend in North Korea. They only use them for women who have just given birth in the Pyongyang hospital. It is
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  • Fashion in North Korea<br />
<br />
In every corner of the earth, women love to look beautiful and keep up with the latest fashion trends. The women of North Korea are no different. Fashion is taken seriously here. But in North Korea, women do not read Elle or Vogue; they just glimpse a few styles by watching TV or by observing the few foreigners who come to visit. In the hermit kingdom, clothing also reflects social status. If you have foreign clothes it means you travel and are consequently close to the centralized power. Chinese products have inundated the country, adding some color to the traditional outfits that were made of vynalon fiber. But citizens beware, too much style means you’re forgetting the North Korean juche, the ethos of self-reliance that the country is founded on! But the youth tend to neglect it despite the potential consequences.<br />
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Photo shows: <br />
Clash of civilization... Kil Il Sung Vs Prada...<br />
The clothing floor in one of the biggest malls in Pyongyang. This kind of store is reserved for the elite, but still the selection remains very limited. Many North Korean students can watch movies from the west when they study English, but they all told me it was impossible to find the clothes from the films in their country. I found some Adidas shoes in this store, at the high price of 100 US dollars.<br />
In a shop of a luxury hotel in Pyongyang, high end perfumes can be bought with euros. Most of these products however are made in China.<br />
Every north korean woman will tell you she dreams to buy a perfume from Paris... They’ll have to wait a little bit...<br />
Very white skin is seen as an attractive trait in North Korea. Darker skin signifies that you work in the fields and are part of a lower cast. Girls use rice powder to make themselves more pale.<br />
Pale must be maintained, in any situation!<br />
Using UV tanning beds to look like you were out in the sun is not yet a trend in North Korea. They only use them for women who have just given birth in the Pyongyang hospital. It is
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  • Fashion in North Korea<br />
<br />
In every corner of the earth, women love to look beautiful and keep up with the latest fashion trends. The women of North Korea are no different. Fashion is taken seriously here. But in North Korea, women do not read Elle or Vogue; they just glimpse a few styles by watching TV or by observing the few foreigners who come to visit. In the hermit kingdom, clothing also reflects social status. If you have foreign clothes it means you travel and are consequently close to the centralized power. Chinese products have inundated the country, adding some color to the traditional outfits that were made of vynalon fiber. But citizens beware, too much style means you’re forgetting the North Korean juche, the ethos of self-reliance that the country is founded on! But the youth tend to neglect it despite the potential consequences.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: The clothing floor in one of the biggest malls in Pyongyang. This kind of store is reserved for the elite, but still the selection remains very limited. Many North Korean students can watch movies from the west when they study English, but they all told me it was impossible to find the clothes from the films in their country. I found some Adidas shoes in this store, at the high price of 100 US dollars.<br />
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  • Dog Had Jar Stuck On His Head For 3 Days <br />
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Residents in a Texas neighborhood were shocked and concerned when they spotted a stray dog wandering the streets — with a large plastic jar stuck firmly on his head.<br />
<br />
The concerned residents contacted Fort Worth Animal Control, and said that it seemed the poor dog, later named Pickle, had been in this predicament for around three days. Pickle was understandably terrified, and therefore refused to let anyone get close enough to help.<br />
<br />
Two animal control officers went out to the neighborhood in search of Pickle, and found him wandering around a wooded area, still with the jar on his head. Because of how scared he was, they knew they would have to get creative to give him the help he needed.<br />
<br />
"Pickle was – and still is – very scared, so officers actually had to sneak up on him," Diane Covey, public information officer with the city of Fort Worth"<br />
After waiting until he was settled and still, the officers were finally able to come up behind Pickle and secure him ...After waiting until he was settled and still, the officers were finally able to come up behind Pickle and secure him ...... they pried the large jar off of his head.<br />
<br />
The plastic jar was the kind used to hold cheese balls, and so Pickle had probably gotten stuck while trying to lick up the remains of the tasty snack. The whole rescue only took a matter of minutes, and as soon as he was free from his plastic prison, the officers took Pickle back to the shelter to get him the care he needed.<br />
<br />
Pickle was extremely dehydrated and had a few lesions, but otherwise he was in OK condition. He's still absolutely terrified of everything and everyone, but hopefully in time he will realize that he's safe now, and that everyone around him just wants to help.<br />
"He's not aggressive and we can tell he loves people," Covey said. "Staff are taking it one day at a time with him as everyone has said he was traumatized by the incident. He's getting spoiled though, as staff at the sh
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  • Dog Had Jar Stuck On His Head For 3 Days <br />
<br />
Residents in a Texas neighborhood were shocked and concerned when they spotted a stray dog wandering the streets — with a large plastic jar stuck firmly on his head.<br />
<br />
The concerned residents contacted Fort Worth Animal Control, and said that it seemed the poor dog, later named Pickle, had been in this predicament for around three days. Pickle was understandably terrified, and therefore refused to let anyone get close enough to help.<br />
<br />
Two animal control officers went out to the neighborhood in search of Pickle, and found him wandering around a wooded area, still with the jar on his head. Because of how scared he was, they knew they would have to get creative to give him the help he needed.<br />
<br />
"Pickle was – and still is – very scared, so officers actually had to sneak up on him," Diane Covey, public information officer with the city of Fort Worth"<br />
After waiting until he was settled and still, the officers were finally able to come up behind Pickle and secure him ...After waiting until he was settled and still, the officers were finally able to come up behind Pickle and secure him ...... they pried the large jar off of his head.<br />
<br />
The plastic jar was the kind used to hold cheese balls, and so Pickle had probably gotten stuck while trying to lick up the remains of the tasty snack. The whole rescue only took a matter of minutes, and as soon as he was free from his plastic prison, the officers took Pickle back to the shelter to get him the care he needed.<br />
<br />
Pickle was extremely dehydrated and had a few lesions, but otherwise he was in OK condition. He's still absolutely terrified of everything and everyone, but hopefully in time he will realize that he's safe now, and that everyone around him just wants to help.<br />
"He's not aggressive and we can tell he loves people," Covey said. "Staff are taking it one day at a time with him as everyone has said he was traumatized by the incident. He's getting spoiled though, as staff at the sh
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  • Dog Had Jar Stuck On His Head For 3 Days <br />
<br />
Residents in a Texas neighborhood were shocked and concerned when they spotted a stray dog wandering the streets — with a large plastic jar stuck firmly on his head.<br />
<br />
The concerned residents contacted Fort Worth Animal Control, and said that it seemed the poor dog, later named Pickle, had been in this predicament for around three days. Pickle was understandably terrified, and therefore refused to let anyone get close enough to help.<br />
<br />
Two animal control officers went out to the neighborhood in search of Pickle, and found him wandering around a wooded area, still with the jar on his head. Because of how scared he was, they knew they would have to get creative to give him the help he needed.<br />
<br />
"Pickle was – and still is – very scared, so officers actually had to sneak up on him," Diane Covey, public information officer with the city of Fort Worth"<br />
After waiting until he was settled and still, the officers were finally able to come up behind Pickle and secure him ...After waiting until he was settled and still, the officers were finally able to come up behind Pickle and secure him ...... they pried the large jar off of his head.<br />
<br />
The plastic jar was the kind used to hold cheese balls, and so Pickle had probably gotten stuck while trying to lick up the remains of the tasty snack. The whole rescue only took a matter of minutes, and as soon as he was free from his plastic prison, the officers took Pickle back to the shelter to get him the care he needed.<br />
<br />
Pickle was extremely dehydrated and had a few lesions, but otherwise he was in OK condition. He's still absolutely terrified of everything and everyone, but hopefully in time he will realize that he's safe now, and that everyone around him just wants to help.<br />
"He's not aggressive and we can tell he loves people," Covey said. "Staff are taking it one day at a time with him as everyone has said he was traumatized by the incident. He's getting spoiled though, as staff at the sh
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  • Dog Had Jar Stuck On His Head For 3 Days <br />
<br />
Residents in a Texas neighborhood were shocked and concerned when they spotted a stray dog wandering the streets — with a large plastic jar stuck firmly on his head.<br />
<br />
The concerned residents contacted Fort Worth Animal Control, and said that it seemed the poor dog, later named Pickle, had been in this predicament for around three days. Pickle was understandably terrified, and therefore refused to let anyone get close enough to help.<br />
<br />
Two animal control officers went out to the neighborhood in search of Pickle, and found him wandering around a wooded area, still with the jar on his head. Because of how scared he was, they knew they would have to get creative to give him the help he needed.<br />
<br />
"Pickle was – and still is – very scared, so officers actually had to sneak up on him," Diane Covey, public information officer with the city of Fort Worth"<br />
After waiting until he was settled and still, the officers were finally able to come up behind Pickle and secure him ...After waiting until he was settled and still, the officers were finally able to come up behind Pickle and secure him ...... they pried the large jar off of his head.<br />
<br />
The plastic jar was the kind used to hold cheese balls, and so Pickle had probably gotten stuck while trying to lick up the remains of the tasty snack. The whole rescue only took a matter of minutes, and as soon as he was free from his plastic prison, the officers took Pickle back to the shelter to get him the care he needed.<br />
<br />
Pickle was extremely dehydrated and had a few lesions, but otherwise he was in OK condition. He's still absolutely terrified of everything and everyone, but hopefully in time he will realize that he's safe now, and that everyone around him just wants to help.<br />
"He's not aggressive and we can tell he loves people," Covey said. "Staff are taking it one day at a time with him as everyone has said he was traumatized by the incident. He's getting spoiled though, as staff at the sh
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  • Dog Had Jar Stuck On His Head For 3 Days <br />
<br />
Residents in a Texas neighborhood were shocked and concerned when they spotted a stray dog wandering the streets — with a large plastic jar stuck firmly on his head.<br />
<br />
The concerned residents contacted Fort Worth Animal Control, and said that it seemed the poor dog, later named Pickle, had been in this predicament for around three days. Pickle was understandably terrified, and therefore refused to let anyone get close enough to help.<br />
<br />
Two animal control officers went out to the neighborhood in search of Pickle, and found him wandering around a wooded area, still with the jar on his head. Because of how scared he was, they knew they would have to get creative to give him the help he needed.<br />
<br />
"Pickle was – and still is – very scared, so officers actually had to sneak up on him," Diane Covey, public information officer with the city of Fort Worth"<br />
After waiting until he was settled and still, the officers were finally able to come up behind Pickle and secure him ...After waiting until he was settled and still, the officers were finally able to come up behind Pickle and secure him ...... they pried the large jar off of his head.<br />
<br />
The plastic jar was the kind used to hold cheese balls, and so Pickle had probably gotten stuck while trying to lick up the remains of the tasty snack. The whole rescue only took a matter of minutes, and as soon as he was free from his plastic prison, the officers took Pickle back to the shelter to get him the care he needed.<br />
<br />
Pickle was extremely dehydrated and had a few lesions, but otherwise he was in OK condition. He's still absolutely terrified of everything and everyone, but hopefully in time he will realize that he's safe now, and that everyone around him just wants to help.<br />
"He's not aggressive and we can tell he loves people," Covey said. "Staff are taking it one day at a time with him as everyone has said he was traumatized by the incident. He's getting spoiled though, as staff at the sh
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  • Dog Had Jar Stuck On His Head For 3 Days <br />
<br />
Residents in a Texas neighborhood were shocked and concerned when they spotted a stray dog wandering the streets — with a large plastic jar stuck firmly on his head.<br />
<br />
The concerned residents contacted Fort Worth Animal Control, and said that it seemed the poor dog, later named Pickle, had been in this predicament for around three days. Pickle was understandably terrified, and therefore refused to let anyone get close enough to help.<br />
<br />
Two animal control officers went out to the neighborhood in search of Pickle, and found him wandering around a wooded area, still with the jar on his head. Because of how scared he was, they knew they would have to get creative to give him the help he needed.<br />
<br />
"Pickle was – and still is – very scared, so officers actually had to sneak up on him," Diane Covey, public information officer with the city of Fort Worth"<br />
After waiting until he was settled and still, the officers were finally able to come up behind Pickle and secure him ...After waiting until he was settled and still, the officers were finally able to come up behind Pickle and secure him ...... they pried the large jar off of his head.<br />
<br />
The plastic jar was the kind used to hold cheese balls, and so Pickle had probably gotten stuck while trying to lick up the remains of the tasty snack. The whole rescue only took a matter of minutes, and as soon as he was free from his plastic prison, the officers took Pickle back to the shelter to get him the care he needed.<br />
<br />
Pickle was extremely dehydrated and had a few lesions, but otherwise he was in OK condition. He's still absolutely terrified of everything and everyone, but hopefully in time he will realize that he's safe now, and that everyone around him just wants to help.<br />
"He's not aggressive and we can tell he loves people," Covey said. "Staff are taking it one day at a time with him as everyone has said he was traumatized by the incident. He's getting spoiled though, as staff at the sh
    ExPix_Dog_Had_Jar_Stuck_On_His_Head_...jpg
  • Dog Had Jar Stuck On His Head For 3 Days <br />
<br />
Residents in a Texas neighborhood were shocked and concerned when they spotted a stray dog wandering the streets — with a large plastic jar stuck firmly on his head.<br />
<br />
The concerned residents contacted Fort Worth Animal Control, and said that it seemed the poor dog, later named Pickle, had been in this predicament for around three days. Pickle was understandably terrified, and therefore refused to let anyone get close enough to help.<br />
<br />
Two animal control officers went out to the neighborhood in search of Pickle, and found him wandering around a wooded area, still with the jar on his head. Because of how scared he was, they knew they would have to get creative to give him the help he needed.<br />
<br />
"Pickle was – and still is – very scared, so officers actually had to sneak up on him," Diane Covey, public information officer with the city of Fort Worth"<br />
After waiting until he was settled and still, the officers were finally able to come up behind Pickle and secure him ...After waiting until he was settled and still, the officers were finally able to come up behind Pickle and secure him ...... they pried the large jar off of his head.<br />
<br />
The plastic jar was the kind used to hold cheese balls, and so Pickle had probably gotten stuck while trying to lick up the remains of the tasty snack. The whole rescue only took a matter of minutes, and as soon as he was free from his plastic prison, the officers took Pickle back to the shelter to get him the care he needed.<br />
<br />
Pickle was extremely dehydrated and had a few lesions, but otherwise he was in OK condition. He's still absolutely terrified of everything and everyone, but hopefully in time he will realize that he's safe now, and that everyone around him just wants to help.<br />
"He's not aggressive and we can tell he loves people," Covey said. "Staff are taking it one day at a time with him as everyone has said he was traumatized by the incident. He's getting spoiled though, as staff at the sh
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  • JFK Diary up for Auction<br />
<br />
After the end of the war in 1945, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy arranged for his 28-year-old son, Jack, to work for Hearst newspapers. This allowed the young veteran to attend the opening session of the United Nations in San Francisco in May and then travel abroad to cover post-war Europe during the Summer of 1945. <br />
<br />
JFK followed Prime Minister Churchill throughout England during his reelection campaign. He traveled to Ireland, France, then to the Potsdam Conference in Germany with Navy Secretary James Forrestal. He even viewed the charred remains of Hitler’s bombed out bunker in Berlin and observed the Fuhrer’s famed Berchtesgaden ‘Eagle’s Nest.’<br />
<br />
John F. Kennedy recorded his historic trip in a 61-page diary, documenting his personal observations of what he saw firsthand and perceptions of what would happen in the post-war world. This incredible manuscript reveals his insightful views and predictions of the world around him at an early age—a man who would, sixteen years later, become America’s 35th President.<br />
<br />
Comprised of 61 loose-leaf pages, 12 handwritten and 49 typed, the diary is housed in a quality Trussell cowhide leather binder. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: John F. Kennedy in his junior year at Harvard University.<br />
John F. kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston." 1938<br />
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  • JFK Diary up for Auction<br />
<br />
After the end of the war in 1945, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy arranged for his 28-year-old son, Jack, to work for Hearst newspapers. This allowed the young veteran to attend the opening session of the United Nations in San Francisco in May and then travel abroad to cover post-war Europe during the Summer of 1945. <br />
<br />
JFK followed Prime Minister Churchill throughout England during his reelection campaign. He traveled to Ireland, France, then to the Potsdam Conference in Germany with Navy Secretary James Forrestal. He even viewed the charred remains of Hitler’s bombed out bunker in Berlin and observed the Fuhrer’s famed Berchtesgaden ‘Eagle’s Nest.’<br />
<br />
John F. Kennedy recorded his historic trip in a 61-page diary, documenting his personal observations of what he saw firsthand and perceptions of what would happen in the post-war world. This incredible manuscript reveals his insightful views and predictions of the world around him at an early age—a man who would, sixteen years later, become America’s 35th President.<br />
<br />
Comprised of 61 loose-leaf pages, 12 handwritten and 49 typed, the diary is housed in a quality Trussell cowhide leather binder. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: John F. Kennedy at a typewriter with his book "Why England Slept."  Please credit "John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston"<br />
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  • JFK Diary up for Auction<br />
<br />
After the end of the war in 1945, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy arranged for his 28-year-old son, Jack, to work for Hearst newspapers. This allowed the young veteran to attend the opening session of the United Nations in San Francisco in May and then travel abroad to cover post-war Europe during the Summer of 1945. <br />
<br />
JFK followed Prime Minister Churchill throughout England during his reelection campaign. He traveled to Ireland, France, then to the Potsdam Conference in Germany with Navy Secretary James Forrestal. He even viewed the charred remains of Hitler’s bombed out bunker in Berlin and observed the Fuhrer’s famed Berchtesgaden ‘Eagle’s Nest.’<br />
<br />
John F. Kennedy recorded his historic trip in a 61-page diary, documenting his personal observations of what he saw firsthand and perceptions of what would happen in the post-war world. This incredible manuscript reveals his insightful views and predictions of the world around him at an early age—a man who would, sixteen years later, become America’s 35th President.<br />
<br />
Comprised of 61 loose-leaf pages, 12 handwritten and 49 typed, the diary is housed in a quality Trussell cowhide leather binder. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM). <br />
White House, Cabinet Room, 29 October 1962.  Clockwise from the President: President Kennedy, Robert McNamara, Roswell Gilpatric, General Maxwell Taylor, Paul Nitze, Donald Wilson, Ted Sorensen, McGeorge Bundy (hidden), Douglas Dillon, Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson (hidden), Robert F. Kennedy, Llewellyn Thompson, William C. Foster, John McCone (hidden), George Ball, Dean Rusk. Photograph in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.<br />
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  • JFK Diary up for Auction<br />
<br />
After the end of the war in 1945, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy arranged for his 28-year-old son, Jack, to work for Hearst newspapers. This allowed the young veteran to attend the opening session of the United Nations in San Francisco in May and then travel abroad to cover post-war Europe during the Summer of 1945. <br />
<br />
JFK followed Prime Minister Churchill throughout England during his reelection campaign. He traveled to Ireland, France, then to the Potsdam Conference in Germany with Navy Secretary James Forrestal. He even viewed the charred remains of Hitler’s bombed out bunker in Berlin and observed the Fuhrer’s famed Berchtesgaden ‘Eagle’s Nest.’<br />
<br />
John F. Kennedy recorded his historic trip in a 61-page diary, documenting his personal observations of what he saw firsthand and perceptions of what would happen in the post-war world. This incredible manuscript reveals his insightful views and predictions of the world around him at an early age—a man who would, sixteen years later, become America’s 35th President.<br />
<br />
Comprised of 61 loose-leaf pages, 12 handwritten and 49 typed, the diary is housed in a quality Trussell cowhide leather binder. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: John F. Kennedy and group including Secretary of Defense Forrestal inspect a German U-Boat assembly plant during the Potsdam Conference.  1945<br />
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  • JFK Diary up for Auction<br />
<br />
After the end of the war in 1945, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy arranged for his 28-year-old son, Jack, to work for Hearst newspapers. This allowed the young veteran to attend the opening session of the United Nations in San Francisco in May and then travel abroad to cover post-war Europe during the Summer of 1945. <br />
<br />
JFK followed Prime Minister Churchill throughout England during his reelection campaign. He traveled to Ireland, France, then to the Potsdam Conference in Germany with Navy Secretary James Forrestal. He even viewed the charred remains of Hitler’s bombed out bunker in Berlin and observed the Fuhrer’s famed Berchtesgaden ‘Eagle’s Nest.’<br />
<br />
John F. Kennedy recorded his historic trip in a 61-page diary, documenting his personal observations of what he saw firsthand and perceptions of what would happen in the post-war world. This incredible manuscript reveals his insightful views and predictions of the world around him at an early age—a man who would, sixteen years later, become America’s 35th President.<br />
<br />
Comprised of 61 loose-leaf pages, 12 handwritten and 49 typed, the diary is housed in a quality Trussell cowhide leather binder. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Hitlers Office<br />
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  • JFK Diary up for Auction<br />
<br />
After the end of the war in 1945, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy arranged for his 28-year-old son, Jack, to work for Hearst newspapers. This allowed the young veteran to attend the opening session of the United Nations in San Francisco in May and then travel abroad to cover post-war Europe during the Summer of 1945. <br />
<br />
JFK followed Prime Minister Churchill throughout England during his reelection campaign. He traveled to Ireland, France, then to the Potsdam Conference in Germany with Navy Secretary James Forrestal. He even viewed the charred remains of Hitler’s bombed out bunker in Berlin and observed the Fuhrer’s famed Berchtesgaden ‘Eagle’s Nest.’<br />
<br />
John F. Kennedy recorded his historic trip in a 61-page diary, documenting his personal observations of what he saw firsthand and perceptions of what would happen in the post-war world. This incredible manuscript reveals his insightful views and predictions of the world around him at an early age—a man who would, sixteen years later, become America’s 35th President.<br />
<br />
Comprised of 61 loose-leaf pages, 12 handwritten and 49 typed, the diary is housed in a quality Trussell cowhide leather binder. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Hitlers Office<br />
©rrauction/Exclusivepix Media
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  • JFK Diary up for Auction<br />
<br />
After the end of the war in 1945, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy arranged for his 28-year-old son, Jack, to work for Hearst newspapers. This allowed the young veteran to attend the opening session of the United Nations in San Francisco in May and then travel abroad to cover post-war Europe during the Summer of 1945. <br />
<br />
JFK followed Prime Minister Churchill throughout England during his reelection campaign. He traveled to Ireland, France, then to the Potsdam Conference in Germany with Navy Secretary James Forrestal. He even viewed the charred remains of Hitler’s bombed out bunker in Berlin and observed the Fuhrer’s famed Berchtesgaden ‘Eagle’s Nest.’<br />
<br />
John F. Kennedy recorded his historic trip in a 61-page diary, documenting his personal observations of what he saw firsthand and perceptions of what would happen in the post-war world. This incredible manuscript reveals his insightful views and predictions of the world around him at an early age—a man who would, sixteen years later, become America’s 35th President.<br />
<br />
Comprised of 61 loose-leaf pages, 12 handwritten and 49 typed, the diary is housed in a quality Trussell cowhide leather binder. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Touring Berlin<br />
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  • JFK Diary up for Auction<br />
<br />
After the end of the war in 1945, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy arranged for his 28-year-old son, Jack, to work for Hearst newspapers. This allowed the young veteran to attend the opening session of the United Nations in San Francisco in May and then travel abroad to cover post-war Europe during the Summer of 1945. <br />
<br />
JFK followed Prime Minister Churchill throughout England during his reelection campaign. He traveled to Ireland, France, then to the Potsdam Conference in Germany with Navy Secretary James Forrestal. He even viewed the charred remains of Hitler’s bombed out bunker in Berlin and observed the Fuhrer’s famed Berchtesgaden ‘Eagle’s Nest.’<br />
<br />
John F. Kennedy recorded his historic trip in a 61-page diary, documenting his personal observations of what he saw firsthand and perceptions of what would happen in the post-war world. This incredible manuscript reveals his insightful views and predictions of the world around him at an early age—a man who would, sixteen years later, become America’s 35th President.<br />
<br />
Comprised of 61 loose-leaf pages, 12 handwritten and 49 typed, the diary is housed in a quality Trussell cowhide leather binder. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: San Fran Column<br />
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  • JFK Diary up for Auction<br />
<br />
After the end of the war in 1945, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy arranged for his 28-year-old son, Jack, to work for Hearst newspapers. This allowed the young veteran to attend the opening session of the United Nations in San Francisco in May and then travel abroad to cover post-war Europe during the Summer of 1945. <br />
<br />
JFK followed Prime Minister Churchill throughout England during his reelection campaign. He traveled to Ireland, France, then to the Potsdam Conference in Germany with Navy Secretary James Forrestal. He even viewed the charred remains of Hitler’s bombed out bunker in Berlin and observed the Fuhrer’s famed Berchtesgaden ‘Eagle’s Nest.’<br />
<br />
John F. Kennedy recorded his historic trip in a 61-page diary, documenting his personal observations of what he saw firsthand and perceptions of what would happen in the post-war world. This incredible manuscript reveals his insightful views and predictions of the world around him at an early age—a man who would, sixteen years later, become America’s 35th President.<br />
<br />
Comprised of 61 loose-leaf pages, 12 handwritten and 49 typed, the diary is housed in a quality Trussell cowhide leather binder. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: President Eisenhower greets President-elect John F. Kennedy on the steps of the White House as the press corps looks on.<br />
December 6, 1960<br />
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  • JFK Diary up for Auction<br />
<br />
After the end of the war in 1945, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy arranged for his 28-year-old son, Jack, to work for Hearst newspapers. This allowed the young veteran to attend the opening session of the United Nations in San Francisco in May and then travel abroad to cover post-war Europe during the Summer of 1945. <br />
<br />
JFK followed Prime Minister Churchill throughout England during his reelection campaign. He traveled to Ireland, France, then to the Potsdam Conference in Germany with Navy Secretary James Forrestal. He even viewed the charred remains of Hitler’s bombed out bunker in Berlin and observed the Fuhrer’s famed Berchtesgaden ‘Eagle’s Nest.’<br />
<br />
John F. Kennedy recorded his historic trip in a 61-page diary, documenting his personal observations of what he saw firsthand and perceptions of what would happen in the post-war world. This incredible manuscript reveals his insightful views and predictions of the world around him at an early age—a man who would, sixteen years later, become America’s 35th President.<br />
<br />
Comprised of 61 loose-leaf pages, 12 handwritten and 49 typed, the diary is housed in a quality Trussell cowhide leather binder. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Potsdam Airport<br />
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  This was the official 49 MU Enemy Aircraft Collection Order issued to A.V. Nicholls & Co. with instructions to remove the remains of the Bexley Dornier and convey to RAF Faygate.<br />
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  Digging out the buried wreckages of aircraft was done with varying degrees of enthusiasm by the MU salvage parties and very often depended upon site accessibility, depth of the buried aircraft, availability of equipment and manpower. An additional factor might well have been the need to retrieve the remains of any aircrew still trapped in the wreckage – such assignments obviously being extremely unpopular with the salvage parties. In this instance, a Messerschmitt 1
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  Digging out the buried wreckages of aircraft was done with varying degrees of enthusiasm by the MU salvage parties and very often depended upon site accessibility, depth of the buried aircraft, availability of equipment and manpower. An additional factor might well have been the need to retrieve the remains of any aircrew still trapped in the wreckage – such assignments obviously being extremely unpopular with the salvage parties. In this instance, a Messerschmitt 1
    ExPix_RARE_PHOTOGRAPHS_AIRCRAFT_SALV...jpg
  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  Almost certainly this image was also captured at the Banbury plant or a local out-station and shows the Messerschmitt 109 of 3./LG2 shot down at Shellness on 15 September 1940 with its pilot, Uffz August Klick, taken POW. Here it is seen adorned with anti-German graffiti and appears to be in the process of being stripped of souvenirs, judging by the pile of items heaped up on the ground behind the rudder. In the background can be seen the remains of Dornier 17s and a
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  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
Hitler's Alpine Headquarters<br />
rare images from Hitlers hide out in Austria, these images where produced by theNazis to try and show what a nice chap he was!<br />
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Photo shows: The little autograph hunter.<br />
A young admirer requests the Führer’s autograph. As Hitler prepares to sign the ubiquitous postcard which was customary on such occasions, he appears to observe the lad with some affection; the boy’s attention however remains fixed on the postcard itself. This endearing scene depicts the approachable and caring leader who gives of himself without hesitation.<br />
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  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
Hitler's Alpine Headquarters<br />
rare images from Hitlers hide out in Austria, these images where produced by theNazis to try and show what a nice chap he was!<br />
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Photo shows: Haus Wachenfeld Berchtesgaden – Obersalzberg.<br />
This postcard dating from the early 1930s presents the house as it would have appeared to Hitler at the time he purchased the property in 1933. As yet there is no evidence of any renovation work having taken place; the area to the left of the house remains untouched while trees still grow close around the building.<br />
A promotional postmark on the reverse reads; Skimeisterschaft der Deutschen 8-12 Februar 1934, Berchtesgaden, Bayerische Alpen. (The German Skiing Championships to be held in Berchtesgaden from 8 -12 February 1934).<br />
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  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
Hitler's Alpine Headquarters<br />
rare images from Hitlers hide out in Austria, these images where produced by theNazis to try and show what a nice chap he was!<br />
<br />
Photo shows: The resting Führer with his faithful guard.<br />
Hitler, the ordinary man enjoying life’s simple pleasures rests with his faithful companion, his German Shepherd, ‘Blonda’. While this image might conjure such interpretation, the fact remains that Hitler had great affection for his dogs and always enjoyed walking on the Obersalzberg. However, these photographs were carefully staged to deliberately present the Führer as a man who enjoyed the great outdoors; a visionary far removed from the banalities of everyday life<br />
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  • Stunning images of once grand Mansion in one of the most beautiful villages  in Italy now Abandoned after cannabis fire<br />
<br />
What do you do when have a big luxurious mansion and you try to make ends meet? An electric short caused a huge fire that has ravaged one of the most beautiful villas in Italy,.  a ... plantation of cannabis! was to blame. This magnificent manor dating from the beginning of the last century left in smoke All that remains today are the walls.<br />
<br />
To the astonishment of local police at the time of the fire, when they realized that this beautiful building, built in one of the most chic quarters of Italy, actually housed a vulgar plantation of cannabis. around 500 plants.<br />
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  • Stunning images of once grand Mansion in one of the most beautiful villages  in Italy now Abandoned after cannabis fire<br />
<br />
What do you do when have a big luxurious mansion and you try to make ends meet? An electric short caused a huge fire that has ravaged one of the most beautiful villas in Italy,.  a ... plantation of cannabis! was to blame. This magnificent manor dating from the beginning of the last century left in smoke All that remains today are the walls.<br />
<br />
To the astonishment of local police at the time of the fire, when they realized that this beautiful building, built in one of the most chic quarters of Italy, actually housed a vulgar plantation of cannabis. around 500 plants.<br />
©Maikel Brands/Exclusivepix Media
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  • Stunning images of once grand Mansion in one of the most beautiful villages  in Italy now Abandoned after cannabis fire<br />
<br />
What do you do when have a big luxurious mansion and you try to make ends meet? An electric short caused a huge fire that has ravaged one of the most beautiful villas in Italy,.  a ... plantation of cannabis! was to blame. This magnificent manor dating from the beginning of the last century left in smoke All that remains today are the walls.<br />
<br />
To the astonishment of local police at the time of the fire, when they realized that this beautiful building, built in one of the most chic quarters of Italy, actually housed a vulgar plantation of cannabis. around 500 plants.<br />
©Maikel Brands/Exclusivepix Media
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  • Stunning images of once grand Mansion in one of the most beautiful villages  in Italy now Abandoned after cannabis fire<br />
<br />
What do you do when have a big luxurious mansion and you try to make ends meet? An electric short caused a huge fire that has ravaged one of the most beautiful villas in Italy,.  a ... plantation of cannabis! was to blame. This magnificent manor dating from the beginning of the last century left in smoke All that remains today are the walls.<br />
<br />
To the astonishment of local police at the time of the fire, when they realized that this beautiful building, built in one of the most chic quarters of Italy, actually housed a vulgar plantation of cannabis. around 500 plants.<br />
©Maikel Brands/Exclusivepix Media
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  • Stunning images of once grand Mansion in one of the most beautiful villages  in Italy now Abandoned after cannabis fire<br />
<br />
What do you do when have a big luxurious mansion and you try to make ends meet? An electric short caused a huge fire that has ravaged one of the most beautiful villas in Italy,.  a ... plantation of cannabis! was to blame. This magnificent manor dating from the beginning of the last century left in smoke All that remains today are the walls.<br />
<br />
To the astonishment of local police at the time of the fire, when they realized that this beautiful building, built in one of the most chic quarters of Italy, actually housed a vulgar plantation of cannabis. around 500 plants.<br />
©Maikel Brands/Exclusivepix Media
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  • Stunning images of once grand Mansion in one of the most beautiful villages  in Italy now Abandoned after cannabis fire<br />
<br />
What do you do when have a big luxurious mansion and you try to make ends meet? An electric short caused a huge fire that has ravaged one of the most beautiful villas in Italy,.  a ... plantation of cannabis! was to blame. This magnificent manor dating from the beginning of the last century left in smoke All that remains today are the walls.<br />
<br />
To the astonishment of local police at the time of the fire, when they realized that this beautiful building, built in one of the most chic quarters of Italy, actually housed a vulgar plantation of cannabis. around 500 plants.<br />
©Maikel Brands/Exclusivepix Media
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  • Stunning images of once grand Mansion in one of the most beautiful villages  in Italy now Abandoned after cannabis fire<br />
<br />
What do you do when have a big luxurious mansion and you try to make ends meet? An electric short caused a huge fire that has ravaged one of the most beautiful villas in Italy,.  a ... plantation of cannabis! was to blame. This magnificent manor dating from the beginning of the last century left in smoke All that remains today are the walls.<br />
<br />
To the astonishment of local police at the time of the fire, when they realized that this beautiful building, built in one of the most chic quarters of Italy, actually housed a vulgar plantation of cannabis. around 500 plants.<br />
©Maikel Brands/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Grand_Mansion_now_abandoned09.jpg
  • Stunning images of once grand Mansion in one of the most beautiful villages  in Italy now Abandoned after cannabis fire<br />
<br />
What do you do when have a big luxurious mansion and you try to make ends meet? An electric short caused a huge fire that has ravaged one of the most beautiful villas in Italy,.  a ... plantation of cannabis! was to blame. This magnificent manor dating from the beginning of the last century left in smoke All that remains today are the walls.<br />
<br />
To the astonishment of local police at the time of the fire, when they realized that this beautiful building, built in one of the most chic quarters of Italy, actually housed a vulgar plantation of cannabis. around 500 plants.<br />
©Maikel Brands/Exclusivepix Media
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  • Stunning images of once grand Mansion in one of the most beautiful villages  in Italy now Abandoned after cannabis fire<br />
<br />
What do you do when have a big luxurious mansion and you try to make ends meet? An electric short caused a huge fire that has ravaged one of the most beautiful villas in Italy,.  a ... plantation of cannabis! was to blame. This magnificent manor dating from the beginning of the last century left in smoke All that remains today are the walls.<br />
<br />
To the astonishment of local police at the time of the fire, when they realized that this beautiful building, built in one of the most chic quarters of Italy, actually housed a vulgar plantation of cannabis. around 500 plants.<br />
©Maikel Brands/Exclusivepix Media
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  • Stunning images of once grand Mansion in one of the most beautiful villages  in Italy now Abandoned after cannabis fire<br />
<br />
What do you do when have a big luxurious mansion and you try to make ends meet? An electric short caused a huge fire that has ravaged one of the most beautiful villas in Italy,.  a ... plantation of cannabis! was to blame. This magnificent manor dating from the beginning of the last century left in smoke All that remains today are the walls.<br />
<br />
To the astonishment of local police at the time of the fire, when they realized that this beautiful building, built in one of the most chic quarters of Italy, actually housed a vulgar plantation of cannabis. around 500 plants.<br />
©Maikel Brands/Exclusivepix Media
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  • Stunning images of once grand Mansion in one of the most beautiful villages  in Italy now Abandoned after cannabis fire<br />
<br />
What do you do when have a big luxurious mansion and you try to make ends meet? An electric short caused a huge fire that has ravaged one of the most beautiful villas in Italy,.  a ... plantation of cannabis! was to blame. This magnificent manor dating from the beginning of the last century left in smoke All that remains today are the walls.<br />
<br />
To the astonishment of local police at the time of the fire, when they realized that this beautiful building, built in one of the most chic quarters of Italy, actually housed a vulgar plantation of cannabis. around 500 plants.<br />
©Maikel Brands/Exclusivepix Media
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  • Stunning images of once grand Mansion in one of the most beautiful villages  in Italy now Abandoned after cannabis fire<br />
<br />
What do you do when have a big luxurious mansion and you try to make ends meet? An electric short caused a huge fire that has ravaged one of the most beautiful villas in Italy,.  a ... plantation of cannabis! was to blame. This magnificent manor dating from the beginning of the last century left in smoke All that remains today are the walls.<br />
<br />
To the astonishment of local police at the time of the fire, when they realized that this beautiful building, built in one of the most chic quarters of Italy, actually housed a vulgar plantation of cannabis. around 500 plants.<br />
©Maikel Brands/Exclusivepix Media
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  • Stunning images of once grand Mansion in one of the most beautiful villages  in Italy now Abandoned after cannabis fire<br />
<br />
What do you do when have a big luxurious mansion and you try to make ends meet? An electric short caused a huge fire that has ravaged one of the most beautiful villas in Italy,.  a ... plantation of cannabis! was to blame. This magnificent manor dating from the beginning of the last century left in smoke All that remains today are the walls.<br />
<br />
To the astonishment of local police at the time of the fire, when they realized that this beautiful building, built in one of the most chic quarters of Italy, actually housed a vulgar plantation of cannabis. around 500 plants.<br />
©Maikel Brands/Exclusivepix Media
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  • Stunning images of once grand Mansion in one of the most beautiful villages  in Italy now Abandoned after cannabis fire<br />
<br />
What do you do when have a big luxurious mansion and you try to make ends meet? An electric short caused a huge fire that has ravaged one of the most beautiful villas in Italy,.  a ... plantation of cannabis! was to blame. This magnificent manor dating from the beginning of the last century left in smoke All that remains today are the walls.<br />
<br />
To the astonishment of local police at the time of the fire, when they realized that this beautiful building, built in one of the most chic quarters of Italy, actually housed a vulgar plantation of cannabis. around 500 plants.<br />
©Maikel Brands/Exclusivepix Media
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  • Stunning images of once grand Mansion in one of the most beautiful villages  in Italy now Abandoned after cannabis fire<br />
<br />
What do you do when have a big luxurious mansion and you try to make ends meet? An electric short caused a huge fire that has ravaged one of the most beautiful villas in Italy,.  a ... plantation of cannabis! was to blame. This magnificent manor dating from the beginning of the last century left in smoke All that remains today are the walls.<br />
<br />
To the astonishment of local police at the time of the fire, when they realized that this beautiful building, built in one of the most chic quarters of Italy, actually housed a vulgar plantation of cannabis. around 500 plants.<br />
©Maikel Brands/Exclusivepix Media
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  • Amazing images that bring back to life  Titanic in Colour: Photos of One of the Largest Passenger Liners of Its Time Rendered in Full Colour<br />
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The RMS Titanic was one of the most opulent liners to have ever been built and the largest steamship in the world. It struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City and sank on April 15, 1912.<br />
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Since the discovery of its wreckage in 1985, interest in the ill-fated liner slightly dwindled. Now a century after its sinking, the Titanic remains an enduring and enigmatic subject.<br />
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Thomas Schmid of 3D history, is one such person that has been mesmerized by the tale of this fabled ship that was once pronounced unsinkable. Through his work, we are able to travel back in time to see images of the luxury liner, not as they were taken, but rendered in full colour.<br />
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Photo shows: Titanic left Southampton, England, bound for New York. April 10, 1912..- colorised<br />
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  • GIANT LIZARD GOES SWIMMING WITH TOURISTS ON THAI HOLIDAY ISLAND<br />
<br />
This is the incredible moment a giant monitor lizard joins tourist on the beach - to go for a SWIM.<br />
<br />
The 5ft-long reptile stunned holidaymakers when it sauntered into the sun from nearby forest on a beach in Thai holiday resort Krabi.<br />
<br />
He waddles into the clear blue water to cool off before gliding round the cove - weaving  between swimmers and snorkelers. <br />
<br />
The ice-cool lizard then walks back onto the sand and rests in the shade while amazed tourists take pictures in the Than Bok Khorani National Park, Thailand.<br />
<br />
Local wildlife officer Weerasak Sritruth said there had been reports of the lizard venturing onto the beach.<br />
<br />
But this was the first time that the creature had swum with tourists and been caught on camera.<br />
<br />
He said: ''The lizards often wait for tourists to eat food and then the leftovers, or the pick at animal remains. <br />
<br />
''Sometimes they can hurt people but this is very rare if they are not disturbed. This is the first time that the lizard has been seen swimming with the tourists like this.<br />
<br />
''During the New Year holiday we have to take extra care to protect the lizards because it is busy with people enjoying their holiday. Many people like to take pictures of it.''<br />
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  • GIANT LIZARD GOES SWIMMING WITH TOURISTS ON THAI HOLIDAY ISLAND<br />
<br />
This is the incredible moment a giant monitor lizard joins tourist on the beach - to go for a SWIM.<br />
<br />
The 5ft-long reptile stunned holidaymakers when it sauntered into the sun from nearby forest on a beach in Thai holiday resort Krabi.<br />
<br />
He waddles into the clear blue water to cool off before gliding round the cove - weaving  between swimmers and snorkelers. <br />
<br />
The ice-cool lizard then walks back onto the sand and rests in the shade while amazed tourists take pictures in the Than Bok Khorani National Park, Thailand.<br />
<br />
Local wildlife officer Weerasak Sritruth said there had been reports of the lizard venturing onto the beach.<br />
<br />
But this was the first time that the creature had swum with tourists and been caught on camera.<br />
<br />
He said: ''The lizards often wait for tourists to eat food and then the leftovers, or the pick at animal remains. <br />
<br />
''Sometimes they can hurt people but this is very rare if they are not disturbed. This is the first time that the lizard has been seen swimming with the tourists like this.<br />
<br />
''During the New Year holiday we have to take extra care to protect the lizards because it is busy with people enjoying their holiday. Many people like to take pictures of it.''<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
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  • GIANT LIZARD GOES SWIMMING WITH TOURISTS ON THAI HOLIDAY ISLAND<br />
<br />
This is the incredible moment a giant monitor lizard joins tourist on the beach - to go for a SWIM.<br />
<br />
The 5ft-long reptile stunned holidaymakers when it sauntered into the sun from nearby forest on a beach in Thai holiday resort Krabi.<br />
<br />
He waddles into the clear blue water to cool off before gliding round the cove - weaving  between swimmers and snorkelers. <br />
<br />
The ice-cool lizard then walks back onto the sand and rests in the shade while amazed tourists take pictures in the Than Bok Khorani National Park, Thailand.<br />
<br />
Local wildlife officer Weerasak Sritruth said there had been reports of the lizard venturing onto the beach.<br />
<br />
But this was the first time that the creature had swum with tourists and been caught on camera.<br />
<br />
He said: ''The lizards often wait for tourists to eat food and then the leftovers, or the pick at animal remains. <br />
<br />
''Sometimes they can hurt people but this is very rare if they are not disturbed. This is the first time that the lizard has been seen swimming with the tourists like this.<br />
<br />
''During the New Year holiday we have to take extra care to protect the lizards because it is busy with people enjoying their holiday. Many people like to take pictures of it.''<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
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  • GIANT LIZARD GOES SWIMMING WITH TOURISTS ON THAI HOLIDAY ISLAND<br />
<br />
This is the incredible moment a giant monitor lizard joins tourist on the beach - to go for a SWIM.<br />
<br />
The 5ft-long reptile stunned holidaymakers when it sauntered into the sun from nearby forest on a beach in Thai holiday resort Krabi.<br />
<br />
He waddles into the clear blue water to cool off before gliding round the cove - weaving  between swimmers and snorkelers. <br />
<br />
The ice-cool lizard then walks back onto the sand and rests in the shade while amazed tourists take pictures in the Than Bok Khorani National Park, Thailand.<br />
<br />
Local wildlife officer Weerasak Sritruth said there had been reports of the lizard venturing onto the beach.<br />
<br />
But this was the first time that the creature had swum with tourists and been caught on camera.<br />
<br />
He said: ''The lizards often wait for tourists to eat food and then the leftovers, or the pick at animal remains. <br />
<br />
''Sometimes they can hurt people but this is very rare if they are not disturbed. This is the first time that the lizard has been seen swimming with the tourists like this.<br />
<br />
''During the New Year holiday we have to take extra care to protect the lizards because it is busy with people enjoying their holiday. Many people like to take pictures of it.''<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_GIANT_LIZARD_SWIMMING_WITH_TOU...jpg
  • GIANT LIZARD GOES SWIMMING WITH TOURISTS ON THAI HOLIDAY ISLAND<br />
<br />
This is the incredible moment a giant monitor lizard joins tourist on the beach - to go for a SWIM.<br />
<br />
The 5ft-long reptile stunned holidaymakers when it sauntered into the sun from nearby forest on a beach in Thai holiday resort Krabi.<br />
<br />
He waddles into the clear blue water to cool off before gliding round the cove - weaving  between swimmers and snorkelers. <br />
<br />
The ice-cool lizard then walks back onto the sand and rests in the shade while amazed tourists take pictures in the Than Bok Khorani National Park, Thailand.<br />
<br />
Local wildlife officer Weerasak Sritruth said there had been reports of the lizard venturing onto the beach.<br />
<br />
But this was the first time that the creature had swum with tourists and been caught on camera.<br />
<br />
He said: ''The lizards often wait for tourists to eat food and then the leftovers, or the pick at animal remains. <br />
<br />
''Sometimes they can hurt people but this is very rare if they are not disturbed. This is the first time that the lizard has been seen swimming with the tourists like this.<br />
<br />
''During the New Year holiday we have to take extra care to protect the lizards because it is busy with people enjoying their holiday. Many people like to take pictures of it.''<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_GIANT_LIZARD_SWIMMING_WITH_TOU...jpg
  • GIANT LIZARD GOES SWIMMING WITH TOURISTS ON THAI HOLIDAY ISLAND<br />
<br />
This is the incredible moment a giant monitor lizard joins tourist on the beach - to go for a SWIM.<br />
<br />
The 5ft-long reptile stunned holidaymakers when it sauntered into the sun from nearby forest on a beach in Thai holiday resort Krabi.<br />
<br />
He waddles into the clear blue water to cool off before gliding round the cove - weaving  between swimmers and snorkelers. <br />
<br />
The ice-cool lizard then walks back onto the sand and rests in the shade while amazed tourists take pictures in the Than Bok Khorani National Park, Thailand.<br />
<br />
Local wildlife officer Weerasak Sritruth said there had been reports of the lizard venturing onto the beach.<br />
<br />
But this was the first time that the creature had swum with tourists and been caught on camera.<br />
<br />
He said: ''The lizards often wait for tourists to eat food and then the leftovers, or the pick at animal remains. <br />
<br />
''Sometimes they can hurt people but this is very rare if they are not disturbed. This is the first time that the lizard has been seen swimming with the tourists like this.<br />
<br />
''During the New Year holiday we have to take extra care to protect the lizards because it is busy with people enjoying their holiday. Many people like to take pictures of it.''<br />
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  • GIANT LIZARD GOES SWIMMING WITH TOURISTS ON THAI HOLIDAY ISLAND<br />
<br />
This is the incredible moment a giant monitor lizard joins tourist on the beach - to go for a SWIM.<br />
<br />
The 5ft-long reptile stunned holidaymakers when it sauntered into the sun from nearby forest on a beach in Thai holiday resort Krabi.<br />
<br />
He waddles into the clear blue water to cool off before gliding round the cove - weaving  between swimmers and snorkelers. <br />
<br />
The ice-cool lizard then walks back onto the sand and rests in the shade while amazed tourists take pictures in the Than Bok Khorani National Park, Thailand.<br />
<br />
Local wildlife officer Weerasak Sritruth said there had been reports of the lizard venturing onto the beach.<br />
<br />
But this was the first time that the creature had swum with tourists and been caught on camera.<br />
<br />
He said: ''The lizards often wait for tourists to eat food and then the leftovers, or the pick at animal remains. <br />
<br />
''Sometimes they can hurt people but this is very rare if they are not disturbed. This is the first time that the lizard has been seen swimming with the tourists like this.<br />
<br />
''During the New Year holiday we have to take extra care to protect the lizards because it is busy with people enjoying their holiday. Many people like to take pictures of it.''<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_GIANT_LIZARD_SWIMMING_WITH_TOU...jpg
  • GIANT LIZARD GOES SWIMMING WITH TOURISTS ON THAI HOLIDAY ISLAND<br />
<br />
This is the incredible moment a giant monitor lizard joins tourist on the beach - to go for a SWIM.<br />
<br />
The 5ft-long reptile stunned holidaymakers when it sauntered into the sun from nearby forest on a beach in Thai holiday resort Krabi.<br />
<br />
He waddles into the clear blue water to cool off before gliding round the cove - weaving  between swimmers and snorkelers. <br />
<br />
The ice-cool lizard then walks back onto the sand and rests in the shade while amazed tourists take pictures in the Than Bok Khorani National Park, Thailand.<br />
<br />
Local wildlife officer Weerasak Sritruth said there had been reports of the lizard venturing onto the beach.<br />
<br />
But this was the first time that the creature had swum with tourists and been caught on camera.<br />
<br />
He said: ''The lizards often wait for tourists to eat food and then the leftovers, or the pick at animal remains. <br />
<br />
''Sometimes they can hurt people but this is very rare if they are not disturbed. This is the first time that the lizard has been seen swimming with the tourists like this.<br />
<br />
''During the New Year holiday we have to take extra care to protect the lizards because it is busy with people enjoying their holiday. Many people like to take pictures of it.''<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_GIANT_LIZARD_SWIMMING_WITH_TOU...jpg
  • TUNNEL VISION Inside the UK’s largest purpose-built WW2 bomb shelter where thousands of Brits sought refuge from Nazi attacks<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland's forgotten landmarks<br />
<br />
TAKE a step into the dark, rusty tunnels built in the side of a cliff in Port Glasgow, Scotland.<br />
<br />
But as daunting as the tunnels look, they have a fascinating history.<br />
The creepy passageways were once used as a World War II air raid shelter – and would have been a safe haven to those who needed refuge from the Nazi bombings.<br />
<br />
The tunnels form a labyrinth like network and are thought to be one of the UK’s largest such shelters – with space for up to an impressive 1,000 people.<br />
<br />
But what was once considered a zone of safety and security is now deserted and forgotten.<br />
<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland’s forgotten landmarks.<br />
<br />
Other pictures depict the remains of the toilets as well as the generator that would have been used to power the shelter.<br />
<br />
According to Abandoned Scotland , the shelter itself was built by the Birkmyre family in preparation for WW2.<br />
<br />
The Birkmyre family reportedly owned the nearby Gourock ropeworks – which has now been developed into flats.<br />
The clan contributed considerably to the Inverclyde area as owners of the ropeworks, and the shelter was reportedly built for both the employees and their families.<br />
<br />
Inverclyde underwent two nights of rigorous bombing in 1941 – with May 6 and 7 referred to as the ‘Greenock Blitz’ .<br />
Approximately 246 people died in Greenock during the two nights,  while 626 were injured – 290 of them seriously.<br />
<br />
A further 52 people were listed as ‘missing’ and presumed dead, with 74 killed in Port Glasgow, 30 of whom were in one shelter which was hit by a 250kg bomb.<br />
©Abandoned Scotland/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Inside_UKs_largest_purpose_bui...jpg
  • TUNNEL VISION Inside the UK’s largest purpose-built WW2 bomb shelter where thousands of Brits sought refuge from Nazi attacks<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland's forgotten landmarks<br />
<br />
TAKE a step into the dark, rusty tunnels built in the side of a cliff in Port Glasgow, Scotland.<br />
<br />
But as daunting as the tunnels look, they have a fascinating history.<br />
The creepy passageways were once used as a World War II air raid shelter – and would have been a safe haven to those who needed refuge from the Nazi bombings.<br />
<br />
The tunnels form a labyrinth like network and are thought to be one of the UK’s largest such shelters – with space for up to an impressive 1,000 people.<br />
<br />
But what was once considered a zone of safety and security is now deserted and forgotten.<br />
<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland’s forgotten landmarks.<br />
<br />
Other pictures depict the remains of the toilets as well as the generator that would have been used to power the shelter.<br />
<br />
According to Abandoned Scotland , the shelter itself was built by the Birkmyre family in preparation for WW2.<br />
<br />
The Birkmyre family reportedly owned the nearby Gourock ropeworks – which has now been developed into flats.<br />
The clan contributed considerably to the Inverclyde area as owners of the ropeworks, and the shelter was reportedly built for both the employees and their families.<br />
<br />
Inverclyde underwent two nights of rigorous bombing in 1941 – with May 6 and 7 referred to as the ‘Greenock Blitz’ .<br />
Approximately 246 people died in Greenock during the two nights,  while 626 were injured – 290 of them seriously.<br />
<br />
A further 52 people were listed as ‘missing’ and presumed dead, with 74 killed in Port Glasgow, 30 of whom were in one shelter which was hit by a 250kg bomb.<br />
©Abandoned Scotland/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Inside_UKs_largest_purpose_bui...jpg
  • TUNNEL VISION Inside the UK’s largest purpose-built WW2 bomb shelter where thousands of Brits sought refuge from Nazi attacks<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland's forgotten landmarks<br />
<br />
TAKE a step into the dark, rusty tunnels built in the side of a cliff in Port Glasgow, Scotland.<br />
<br />
But as daunting as the tunnels look, they have a fascinating history.<br />
The creepy passageways were once used as a World War II air raid shelter – and would have been a safe haven to those who needed refuge from the Nazi bombings.<br />
<br />
The tunnels form a labyrinth like network and are thought to be one of the UK’s largest such shelters – with space for up to an impressive 1,000 people.<br />
<br />
But what was once considered a zone of safety and security is now deserted and forgotten.<br />
<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland’s forgotten landmarks.<br />
<br />
Other pictures depict the remains of the toilets as well as the generator that would have been used to power the shelter.<br />
<br />
According to Abandoned Scotland , the shelter itself was built by the Birkmyre family in preparation for WW2.<br />
<br />
The Birkmyre family reportedly owned the nearby Gourock ropeworks – which has now been developed into flats.<br />
The clan contributed considerably to the Inverclyde area as owners of the ropeworks, and the shelter was reportedly built for both the employees and their families.<br />
<br />
Inverclyde underwent two nights of rigorous bombing in 1941 – with May 6 and 7 referred to as the ‘Greenock Blitz’ .<br />
Approximately 246 people died in Greenock during the two nights,  while 626 were injured – 290 of them seriously.<br />
<br />
A further 52 people were listed as ‘missing’ and presumed dead, with 74 killed in Port Glasgow, 30 of whom were in one shelter which was hit by a 250kg bomb.<br />
©Abandoned Scotland/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Inside_UKs_largest_purpose_bui...jpg
  • TUNNEL VISION Inside the UK’s largest purpose-built WW2 bomb shelter where thousands of Brits sought refuge from Nazi attacks<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland's forgotten landmarks<br />
<br />
TAKE a step into the dark, rusty tunnels built in the side of a cliff in Port Glasgow, Scotland.<br />
<br />
But as daunting as the tunnels look, they have a fascinating history.<br />
The creepy passageways were once used as a World War II air raid shelter – and would have been a safe haven to those who needed refuge from the Nazi bombings.<br />
<br />
The tunnels form a labyrinth like network and are thought to be one of the UK’s largest such shelters – with space for up to an impressive 1,000 people.<br />
<br />
But what was once considered a zone of safety and security is now deserted and forgotten.<br />
<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland’s forgotten landmarks.<br />
<br />
Other pictures depict the remains of the toilets as well as the generator that would have been used to power the shelter.<br />
<br />
According to Abandoned Scotland , the shelter itself was built by the Birkmyre family in preparation for WW2.<br />
<br />
The Birkmyre family reportedly owned the nearby Gourock ropeworks – which has now been developed into flats.<br />
The clan contributed considerably to the Inverclyde area as owners of the ropeworks, and the shelter was reportedly built for both the employees and their families.<br />
<br />
Inverclyde underwent two nights of rigorous bombing in 1941 – with May 6 and 7 referred to as the ‘Greenock Blitz’ .<br />
Approximately 246 people died in Greenock during the two nights,  while 626 were injured – 290 of them seriously.<br />
<br />
A further 52 people were listed as ‘missing’ and presumed dead, with 74 killed in Port Glasgow, 30 of whom were in one shelter which was hit by a 250kg bomb.<br />
©Abandoned Scotland/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Inside_UKs_largest_purpose_bui...jpg
  • TUNNEL VISION Inside the UK’s largest purpose-built WW2 bomb shelter where thousands of Brits sought refuge from Nazi attacks<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland's forgotten landmarks<br />
<br />
TAKE a step into the dark, rusty tunnels built in the side of a cliff in Port Glasgow, Scotland.<br />
<br />
But as daunting as the tunnels look, they have a fascinating history.<br />
The creepy passageways were once used as a World War II air raid shelter – and would have been a safe haven to those who needed refuge from the Nazi bombings.<br />
<br />
The tunnels form a labyrinth like network and are thought to be one of the UK’s largest such shelters – with space for up to an impressive 1,000 people.<br />
<br />
But what was once considered a zone of safety and security is now deserted and forgotten.<br />
<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland’s forgotten landmarks.<br />
<br />
Other pictures depict the remains of the toilets as well as the generator that would have been used to power the shelter.<br />
<br />
According to Abandoned Scotland , the shelter itself was built by the Birkmyre family in preparation for WW2.<br />
<br />
The Birkmyre family reportedly owned the nearby Gourock ropeworks – which has now been developed into flats.<br />
The clan contributed considerably to the Inverclyde area as owners of the ropeworks, and the shelter was reportedly built for both the employees and their families.<br />
<br />
Inverclyde underwent two nights of rigorous bombing in 1941 – with May 6 and 7 referred to as the ‘Greenock Blitz’ .<br />
Approximately 246 people died in Greenock during the two nights,  while 626 were injured – 290 of them seriously.<br />
<br />
A further 52 people were listed as ‘missing’ and presumed dead, with 74 killed in Port Glasgow, 30 of whom were in one shelter which was hit by a 250kg bomb.<br />
©Abandoned Scotland/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Inside_UKs_largest_purpose_bui...jpg
  • TUNNEL VISION Inside the UK’s largest purpose-built WW2 bomb shelter where thousands of Brits sought refuge from Nazi attacks<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland's forgotten landmarks<br />
<br />
TAKE a step into the dark, rusty tunnels built in the side of a cliff in Port Glasgow, Scotland.<br />
<br />
But as daunting as the tunnels look, they have a fascinating history.<br />
The creepy passageways were once used as a World War II air raid shelter – and would have been a safe haven to those who needed refuge from the Nazi bombings.<br />
<br />
The tunnels form a labyrinth like network and are thought to be one of the UK’s largest such shelters – with space for up to an impressive 1,000 people.<br />
<br />
But what was once considered a zone of safety and security is now deserted and forgotten.<br />
<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland’s forgotten landmarks.<br />
<br />
Other pictures depict the remains of the toilets as well as the generator that would have been used to power the shelter.<br />
<br />
According to Abandoned Scotland , the shelter itself was built by the Birkmyre family in preparation for WW2.<br />
<br />
The Birkmyre family reportedly owned the nearby Gourock ropeworks – which has now been developed into flats.<br />
The clan contributed considerably to the Inverclyde area as owners of the ropeworks, and the shelter was reportedly built for both the employees and their families.<br />
<br />
Inverclyde underwent two nights of rigorous bombing in 1941 – with May 6 and 7 referred to as the ‘Greenock Blitz’ .<br />
Approximately 246 people died in Greenock during the two nights,  while 626 were injured – 290 of them seriously.<br />
<br />
A further 52 people were listed as ‘missing’ and presumed dead, with 74 killed in Port Glasgow, 30 of whom were in one shelter which was hit by a 250kg bomb.<br />
©Abandoned Scotland/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Inside_UKs_largest_purpose_bui...jpg
  • TUNNEL VISION Inside the UK’s largest purpose-built WW2 bomb shelter where thousands of Brits sought refuge from Nazi attacks<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland's forgotten landmarks<br />
<br />
TAKE a step into the dark, rusty tunnels built in the side of a cliff in Port Glasgow, Scotland.<br />
<br />
But as daunting as the tunnels look, they have a fascinating history.<br />
The creepy passageways were once used as a World War II air raid shelter – and would have been a safe haven to those who needed refuge from the Nazi bombings.<br />
<br />
The tunnels form a labyrinth like network and are thought to be one of the UK’s largest such shelters – with space for up to an impressive 1,000 people.<br />
<br />
But what was once considered a zone of safety and security is now deserted and forgotten.<br />
<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland’s forgotten landmarks.<br />
<br />
Other pictures depict the remains of the toilets as well as the generator that would have been used to power the shelter.<br />
<br />
According to Abandoned Scotland , the shelter itself was built by the Birkmyre family in preparation for WW2.<br />
<br />
The Birkmyre family reportedly owned the nearby Gourock ropeworks – which has now been developed into flats.<br />
The clan contributed considerably to the Inverclyde area as owners of the ropeworks, and the shelter was reportedly built for both the employees and their families.<br />
<br />
Inverclyde underwent two nights of rigorous bombing in 1941 – with May 6 and 7 referred to as the ‘Greenock Blitz’ .<br />
Approximately 246 people died in Greenock during the two nights,  while 626 were injured – 290 of them seriously.<br />
<br />
A further 52 people were listed as ‘missing’ and presumed dead, with 74 killed in Port Glasgow, 30 of whom were in one shelter which was hit by a 250kg bomb.<br />
©Abandoned Scotland/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Inside_UKs_largest_purpose_bui...jpg
  • TUNNEL VISION Inside the UK’s largest purpose-built WW2 bomb shelter where thousands of Brits sought refuge from Nazi attacks<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland's forgotten landmarks<br />
<br />
TAKE a step into the dark, rusty tunnels built in the side of a cliff in Port Glasgow, Scotland.<br />
<br />
But as daunting as the tunnels look, they have a fascinating history.<br />
The creepy passageways were once used as a World War II air raid shelter – and would have been a safe haven to those who needed refuge from the Nazi bombings.<br />
<br />
The tunnels form a labyrinth like network and are thought to be one of the UK’s largest such shelters – with space for up to an impressive 1,000 people.<br />
<br />
But what was once considered a zone of safety and security is now deserted and forgotten.<br />
<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland’s forgotten landmarks.<br />
<br />
Other pictures depict the remains of the toilets as well as the generator that would have been used to power the shelter.<br />
<br />
According to Abandoned Scotland , the shelter itself was built by the Birkmyre family in preparation for WW2.<br />
<br />
The Birkmyre family reportedly owned the nearby Gourock ropeworks – which has now been developed into flats.<br />
The clan contributed considerably to the Inverclyde area as owners of the ropeworks, and the shelter was reportedly built for both the employees and their families.<br />
<br />
Inverclyde underwent two nights of rigorous bombing in 1941 – with May 6 and 7 referred to as the ‘Greenock Blitz’ .<br />
Approximately 246 people died in Greenock during the two nights,  while 626 were injured – 290 of them seriously.<br />
<br />
A further 52 people were listed as ‘missing’ and presumed dead, with 74 killed in Port Glasgow, 30 of whom were in one shelter which was hit by a 250kg bomb.<br />
©Abandoned Scotland/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Inside_UKs_largest_purpose_bui...jpg
  • TUNNEL VISION Inside the UK’s largest purpose-built WW2 bomb shelter where thousands of Brits sought refuge from Nazi attacks<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland's forgotten landmarks<br />
<br />
TAKE a step into the dark, rusty tunnels built in the side of a cliff in Port Glasgow, Scotland.<br />
<br />
But as daunting as the tunnels look, they have a fascinating history.<br />
The creepy passageways were once used as a World War II air raid shelter – and would have been a safe haven to those who needed refuge from the Nazi bombings.<br />
<br />
The tunnels form a labyrinth like network and are thought to be one of the UK’s largest such shelters – with space for up to an impressive 1,000 people.<br />
<br />
But what was once considered a zone of safety and security is now deserted and forgotten.<br />
<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland’s forgotten landmarks.<br />
<br />
Other pictures depict the remains of the toilets as well as the generator that would have been used to power the shelter.<br />
<br />
According to Abandoned Scotland , the shelter itself was built by the Birkmyre family in preparation for WW2.<br />
<br />
The Birkmyre family reportedly owned the nearby Gourock ropeworks – which has now been developed into flats.<br />
The clan contributed considerably to the Inverclyde area as owners of the ropeworks, and the shelter was reportedly built for both the employees and their families.<br />
<br />
Inverclyde underwent two nights of rigorous bombing in 1941 – with May 6 and 7 referred to as the ‘Greenock Blitz’ .<br />
Approximately 246 people died in Greenock during the two nights,  while 626 were injured – 290 of them seriously.<br />
<br />
A further 52 people were listed as ‘missing’ and presumed dead, with 74 killed in Port Glasgow, 30 of whom were in one shelter which was hit by a 250kg bomb.<br />
©Abandoned Scotland/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Inside_UKs_largest_purpose_bui...jpg
  • TUNNEL VISION Inside the UK’s largest purpose-built WW2 bomb shelter where thousands of Brits sought refuge from Nazi attacks<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland's forgotten landmarks<br />
<br />
TAKE a step into the dark, rusty tunnels built in the side of a cliff in Port Glasgow, Scotland.<br />
<br />
But as daunting as the tunnels look, they have a fascinating history.<br />
The creepy passageways were once used as a World War II air raid shelter – and would have been a safe haven to those who needed refuge from the Nazi bombings.<br />
<br />
The tunnels form a labyrinth like network and are thought to be one of the UK’s largest such shelters – with space for up to an impressive 1,000 people.<br />
<br />
But what was once considered a zone of safety and security is now deserted and forgotten.<br />
<br />
The chilling shots were taken by urban exploration group Abandoned Scotland who hope to draw attention to some of Scotland’s forgotten landmarks.<br />
<br />
Other pictures depict the remains of the toilets as well as the generator that would have been used to power the shelter.<br />
<br />
According to Abandoned Scotland , the shelter itself was built by the Birkmyre family in preparation for WW2.<br />
<br />
The Birkmyre family reportedly owned the nearby Gourock ropeworks – which has now been developed into flats.<br />
The clan contributed considerably to the Inverclyde area as owners of the ropeworks, and the shelter was reportedly built for both the employees and their families.<br />
<br />
Inverclyde underwent two nights of rigorous bombing in 1941 – with May 6 and 7 referred to as the ‘Greenock Blitz’ .<br />
Approximately 246 people died in Greenock during the two nights,  while 626 were injured – 290 of them seriously.<br />
<br />
A further 52 people were listed as ‘missing’ and presumed dead, with 74 killed in Port Glasgow, 30 of whom were in one shelter which was hit by a 250kg bomb.<br />
©Abandoned Scotland/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Inside_UKs_largest_purpose_bui...jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE - Funeral Home<br />
Stunning images capture abandoned Funeral Home with Oak coffins,Cars and chemicals<br />
<br />
After being diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1851, Calvin Oak was told he would be dead within six months. Oak decided to move his family from Vermont to Jacksonville, Florida in hopes that a warmer, sunny environment would cure his ailment. Surrounded by fresh air, Calvin Oak lived another 30 years and became one of Jacksonville’s most prominent businessmen. He built the first factory in the city, a gun plant that manufactured guns, barrels, and cartridges. Oak also purchased and operated a jewelry store on Bay Street. The power remains on although the funeral home has been abandoned for years. In 1856, Calvin Oak and his son, Byron, opened a marble and mortuary business. After his father passed away, Byron continued growing the business as the Moulton & Kyle Funeral Home. In 1914, Mark & Shetfall, a local architecture firm, was hired to design a two-story  Prairie School style building at 17 West Union Street in downtown Jacksonville. Due to a high demand for parking, an attached garage was built several years later that featured a turntable, which allowed cars to drive in and turn around facing the street. Over the years, the funeral home became known as the Kyle McLellan Funeral Home after S.M. McLellan purchased the business. In the early 1990s, the funeral home was sold to the Peeples Family Funeral Home. After almost a century of operating at the West Union Street building, the business was moved in 2013 to a new location with updated facilities. The building at West Union Street was abandoned and left to decay. Today, the abandoned funeral home has a partially collapsed roof and stands at the mercy of the harsh Florida weather.<br />
©abandonedsoutheast.com/Exclusivepix media
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  • EXCLUSIVE - Funeral Home<br />
Stunning images capture abandoned Funeral Home with Oak coffins,Cars and chemicals<br />
<br />
After being diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1851, Calvin Oak was told he would be dead within six months. Oak decided to move his family from Vermont to Jacksonville, Florida in hopes that a warmer, sunny environment would cure his ailment. Surrounded by fresh air, Calvin Oak lived another 30 years and became one of Jacksonville’s most prominent businessmen. He built the first factory in the city, a gun plant that manufactured guns, barrels, and cartridges. Oak also purchased and operated a jewelry store on Bay Street. The power remains on although the funeral home has been abandoned for years. In 1856, Calvin Oak and his son, Byron, opened a marble and mortuary business. After his father passed away, Byron continued growing the business as the Moulton & Kyle Funeral Home. In 1914, Mark & Shetfall, a local architecture firm, was hired to design a two-story  Prairie School style building at 17 West Union Street in downtown Jacksonville. Due to a high demand for parking, an attached garage was built several years later that featured a turntable, which allowed cars to drive in and turn around facing the street. Over the years, the funeral home became known as the Kyle McLellan Funeral Home after S.M. McLellan purchased the business. In the early 1990s, the funeral home was sold to the Peeples Family Funeral Home. After almost a century of operating at the West Union Street building, the business was moved in 2013 to a new location with updated facilities. The building at West Union Street was abandoned and left to decay. Today, the abandoned funeral home has a partially collapsed roof and stands at the mercy of the harsh Florida weather.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: The Cadillac hearse is entombed in the garage of the funeral home.<br />
©abandonedsoutheast.com/Exclusivepix media
    ExPix_Abandoned_Funeral_Home38.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE - Funeral Home<br />
Stunning images capture abandoned Funeral Home with Oak coffins,Cars and chemicals<br />
<br />
After being diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1851, Calvin Oak was told he would be dead within six months. Oak decided to move his family from Vermont to Jacksonville, Florida in hopes that a warmer, sunny environment would cure his ailment. Surrounded by fresh air, Calvin Oak lived another 30 years and became one of Jacksonville’s most prominent businessmen. He built the first factory in the city, a gun plant that manufactured guns, barrels, and cartridges. Oak also purchased and operated a jewelry store on Bay Street. The power remains on although the funeral home has been abandoned for years. In 1856, Calvin Oak and his son, Byron, opened a marble and mortuary business. After his father passed away, Byron continued growing the business as the Moulton & Kyle Funeral Home. In 1914, Mark & Shetfall, a local architecture firm, was hired to design a two-story  Prairie School style building at 17 West Union Street in downtown Jacksonville. Due to a high demand for parking, an attached garage was built several years later that featured a turntable, which allowed cars to drive in and turn around facing the street. Over the years, the funeral home became known as the Kyle McLellan Funeral Home after S.M. McLellan purchased the business. In the early 1990s, the funeral home was sold to the Peeples Family Funeral Home. After almost a century of operating at the West Union Street building, the business was moved in 2013 to a new location with updated facilities. The building at West Union Street was abandoned and left to decay. Today, the abandoned funeral home has a partially collapsed roof and stands at the mercy of the harsh Florida weather.<br />
©abandonedsoutheast.com/Exclusivepix media
    ExPix_Abandoned_Funeral_Home37.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE - Funeral Home<br />
Stunning images capture abandoned Funeral Home with Oak coffins,Cars and chemicals<br />
<br />
After being diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1851, Calvin Oak was told he would be dead within six months. Oak decided to move his family from Vermont to Jacksonville, Florida in hopes that a warmer, sunny environment would cure his ailment. Surrounded by fresh air, Calvin Oak lived another 30 years and became one of Jacksonville’s most prominent businessmen. He built the first factory in the city, a gun plant that manufactured guns, barrels, and cartridges. Oak also purchased and operated a jewelry store on Bay Street. The power remains on although the funeral home has been abandoned for years. In 1856, Calvin Oak and his son, Byron, opened a marble and mortuary business. After his father passed away, Byron continued growing the business as the Moulton & Kyle Funeral Home. In 1914, Mark & Shetfall, a local architecture firm, was hired to design a two-story  Prairie School style building at 17 West Union Street in downtown Jacksonville. Due to a high demand for parking, an attached garage was built several years later that featured a turntable, which allowed cars to drive in and turn around facing the street. Over the years, the funeral home became known as the Kyle McLellan Funeral Home after S.M. McLellan purchased the business. In the early 1990s, the funeral home was sold to the Peeples Family Funeral Home. After almost a century of operating at the West Union Street building, the business was moved in 2013 to a new location with updated facilities. The building at West Union Street was abandoned and left to decay. Today, the abandoned funeral home has a partially collapsed roof and stands at the mercy of the harsh Florida weather.<br />
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Stunning images capture abandoned Funeral Home with Oak coffins,Cars and chemicals<br />
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After being diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1851, Calvin Oak was told he would be dead within six months. Oak decided to move his family from Vermont to Jacksonville, Florida in hopes that a warmer, sunny environment would cure his ailment. Surrounded by fresh air, Calvin Oak lived another 30 years and became one of Jacksonville’s most prominent businessmen. He built the first factory in the city, a gun plant that manufactured guns, barrels, and cartridges. Oak also purchased and operated a jewelry store on Bay Street. The power remains on although the funeral home has been abandoned for years. In 1856, Calvin Oak and his son, Byron, opened a marble and mortuary business. After his father passed away, Byron continued growing the business as the Moulton & Kyle Funeral Home. In 1914, Mark & Shetfall, a local architecture firm, was hired to design a two-story  Prairie School style building at 17 West Union Street in downtown Jacksonville. Due to a high demand for parking, an attached garage was built several years later that featured a turntable, which allowed cars to drive in and turn around facing the street. Over the years, the funeral home became known as the Kyle McLellan Funeral Home after S.M. McLellan purchased the business. In the early 1990s, the funeral home was sold to the Peeples Family Funeral Home. After almost a century of operating at the West Union Street building, the business was moved in 2013 to a new location with updated facilities. The building at West Union Street was abandoned and left to decay. Today, the abandoned funeral home has a partially collapsed roof and stands at the mercy of the harsh Florida weather.<br />
©abandonedsoutheast.com/Exclusivepix media
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