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Remains Of Hawthorn Tower - Hawthorn (hawt0032)

A Group Of Men At The Coronation Of King George V
Village Green

Photograph showing a ruined wall with a ruined bay window and a ruined wall at right angles with an empty window space; in front of the ruins long grass and wild flowers can be seen and two small boys are standing at the left of the photograph near the wall; the ruins have been identified as The Remains of Hawthorn Towers, August 1966

Remains Of Hawthorn Tower - Hawthorn

Photograph showing a ruined wall with a ruined bay window and a ruined wall at right angles with an empty window space; in front of the ruins long grass and wild flowers can be seen and two small boys are standing at the left of the photograph near the wall; the ruins have been identified as The Remains of Hawthorn Towers, August 1966

Date: 1966


The "two small boys" are actually a boy and a girl.

Comment added by Anonymous on 06/01/2009 12:49:00

I understand the reamins of the ruins were completely demolshed soon after this picture as a boy climbing on them fell and severly injured himself.

Comment added by Anonymous on 18/03/2009 11:08:00

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