Pre and post-war aerial photos of ED

[kford]

V1/V2 damage clearly visible on the post-war shot.

Links now (too big to attach)

https://ibb.co/0Dm8XHw

https://ibb.co/bKK1CYx

[DulwichFox]

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[kford]

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Now links. (I uploaded as old jpgs to keep small)

[johnie]

I can't work out the view in 8647.

Interesting to see the lido in 8646, I hadn't realised it was at that angle.

[intexasatthe moment]

Me neither - can someone offer s pointer to a landmark ? Dulwich Hospital for instance ?

[Townleygreen]

in the 8647 one, the fields of Alleyns are at the bottom, with Townley road running up towards the Lane (which is on the right)

[kford]

8647 is looking north, with LL bottom right.

[jim_the_chin]

These are really interesting, 8646 clearly shows blitz damage in Melbourne Grove and Playfield Crescent, as also found here

http://bombsight.org/bombs/12294/

Although this site doesn?t appear to show the v1/2 hits so I presume the damage on Crystal Palace Road up from north cross Road were these and not blitz damage.

[mikeb]

Does anyone know any more about this bomb on Townley Road?

http://bombsight.org/bombs/13091/

[Townleygreen]

I think it fell on the playing fields of Alleyns

[ed_pete]

There's a plaque I think, attached the railings that marks the event and names those that were killed.

[mikeb]

hi pete, the plaque is for the bomb on Dovercourt Rd - https://www.dulwichsociety.com/journal-archive/97-2013-autumn/915-dulwich-world-war-ii-commemorative-plaques. I was there when they unveiled it - a slightly odd experience as I was just walking past with my three kids

I'm interested if a bomb dropped on the grounds - never seen this mentioned anywhere else