Leonard Bentley
Westminster Pier
This is a Tuck's postcard originally published in June 1905. The large roof of Charing Cross Station can be seen top right. On 5th December 1905 whilst renovation was being carried out on the last two sections of the roof, the roof collapsed onto the supporting west wall and the Avenue Theatre in Northumberland Avenue. Several workmen were killed and three people inside the theatre were also killed. The Theatre was rebuilt and opened in 1907 as the Players Theatre. For many decades from the 1950s it was a BBC theatre. The surprising thing to me about the photograph is that there are no paddle steamers at the Pier, the boat moored looks like any pleasure boat that you could have seen up until quite recently.
Westminster Pier
This is a Tuck's postcard originally published in June 1905. The large roof of Charing Cross Station can be seen top right. On 5th December 1905 whilst renovation was being carried out on the last two sections of the roof, the roof collapsed onto the supporting west wall and the Avenue Theatre in Northumberland Avenue. Several workmen were killed and three people inside the theatre were also killed. The Theatre was rebuilt and opened in 1907 as the Players Theatre. For many decades from the 1950s it was a BBC theatre. The surprising thing to me about the photograph is that there are no paddle steamers at the Pier, the boat moored looks like any pleasure boat that you could have seen up until quite recently.