Three years before World War II, on this day in 1936, an inferno ... that were lost in the fire. Though no people died, the crowds watching the Crystal Palace crumble also stood witness to the ...

The Crystal Palace was a huge exhibition building ... where it remained until destroyed by fire in November 1936. It hosted ...

The ventilators were rudimentary like Venetian blind shutters - a cord was pulled so that they were either open or shut." BBC History Best of History websites The British Museum The BBC is not ...

The Crystal Palace was destroyed by fire in November 1936, while the station was demolished in September 1954, which meant the ornate subway began to decay. It has been occasionally used over the ...