V1 & V2 Bombs dropped on Lordship Lane.

[computedshorty]

?

[flapjackdavey]

when was this ?

[Penguin68]

Probably during the last unpleasantness with the Germans

[Sandperson]

Did you not see? Last week it was. There was police tape up and everything. William rose was devastated and in Liquorice several cocktails were spilled.

[computedshorty]

>

[macroban]

> Penguin68 Today, 11:43AM

> Sandperson Today, 11:59AM

Neither funny.

MacRoban

[????]

Last week my Aunty sent me a copy of my Nan's diary during the "Doodlebug" part of the Blitz, which she always told me was worse than the original Blitz for the nerves - it is really vivid stuff and you can tell that My nan was on the edge of a nervous breakdown - the only time she was relaxed in it was when she went down the pub and 'shot the dog"??? whatever that meant. She also talks about my mum (who was about 6 then) starting to stop talking and just laughing hysterically or cry..in the end my grandad shipped them off to relatives in Liverpool!

[lozzyloz]

When I was a kid there was an old man who lived on his own in a flat above my friends home. He used to tell us stories about growing up during the war. I can't recall all of them apart from the one he told of a direct hit on his family home killing his mother and brother. That still chokes me a bit.

[flapjackdavey]

Penguin68 Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Probably during the last unpleasantness with the

> Germans

lol. Interesting thread .

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Didn't anyone point out that Liverpool was a docks?

That aside, give us some more snippets, Quids.

[Sandperson]

macroban Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> > Penguin68 Today, 11:43AM

>

> > Sandperson Today, 11:59AM

>

> Neither funny.

>

> MacRoban

I thought it was pretty good Macro. There's always this site for more info.

and if you do a search on the forum this subject comes up every couple of months.

[Michaelwhite]

was working on a conversion in uplands road about 2 years ago we found the empty shell of a bomb whilst digging out the garden.

[Domitianus]

I was sitting in the Bishop the other day and I found an empty shell in the corner. It was Nasty Nigel from the 185.

[MsDulwich]

My Great Aunt was shopping in the Coop store at the junction of Shawbury Road and Lordship Lane just before the V1 bomb dropped. She escaped and ran home to safety and sheltered in her air raid shelter.

For further useful background info see;

http://www.flyingbombsandrockets.com/V1_summary_dulwich.html

[Sandperson]

MsDulwich Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> My Great Aunt was shopping in the Coop store at

> the junction of Shawbury Road and Lordship Lane

> just before the V1 bomb dropped. She escaped and

> ran home to safety and sheltered in her air raid

> shelter.

>

> For further useful background info see;

> http://www.flyingbombsandrockets.com/V1_summary_du

> lwich.html

Which is the same site I linked to in my post. ;-)

[MsDulwich]

Great minds think alike :)

[computedshorty]

?

[macroban]

Sandperson:

> Did you not see? Last week it was. There was police tape up and everything. William rose was devastated and in Liquorice several cocktails were spilled.

Well perhaps Sandperson didn't have relatives or family friends involved.

[computedshorty]

?

[bob]

Mrs Bob S's Dad's girl friend was killed in this explosion as said it was one of largest loss of civilian life during the second world war.

Bob S

[????]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Didn't anyone point out that Liverpool was a

> docks?

>

> That aside, give us some more snippets, Quids.

Doodle bugs didn't get that far (Liverpool) and the Luftwaffe didn't venture out by 1944.....learn some history PGC

[northlondoner]

The man opposite my house in Hindmans Rd recalls being in the post office as a child when a bomb demolished it, burying him and others. Dug out by rescuers, including his mum.

[brum]

I heard that SE London took the brunt of the V1 & V2 attacks because British Intelligence deliberately issued false damage reports making the Germans think they were hitting the docks & central London instead - they didn't know that their rockets were actually falling short of their intended targets. Anyone know if this is true?

[????]

SE and E London got more than their fair share of trad bombs for sure as once the german bomber crews got anywhere near their target they were keen to unload and head home as soon as they could

[computedshorty]

?