Bootle Blitz

[glossybonce]

Benedict St 1940



Litherland Rd and Marsh Lane 1940



Hawthorne Rd 1940



Little Strand Rd 1940



County Hall 1940



Salvation Army Stanley Rd 1940.





Bedford Rd Junior School.




Breeze Hill 1940

[bob. b]

Glossy great pictures keep them coming regards bob

[kenswayken]

Great stuff Glossy Ken

[Silver-Haired-Hippy]

Great pics Glossy!! Look forward to seeing more. Sad to see the devastation

Loretta

[dorothy834]

Glossy..thankyou for posting those photo's ..we lived in the next

street to the Strand Rd pic more or less opposite the Salvation Army

we lived in Ash Street ...I was aged 6 then...remember those days..

Dorothy.

[Maureeng]

Thank's glossy, great pics of such a sad time, one pic is of my old school Bedford Road.

[lily8]

Nice one Gloss

[Stan Clayton]

Great photo's Glossy, we were bombed out of Aintree Road do you have any photo's of bomb damage to Aintree Road?

Stan

[Ernie Jackson. (Bunty)]

Ahhh...such memories. The Beddie Road school photo shows why I missed out on so much early education but it was great news for kids at the time.

I was seven and recollect it clearly but can't recall any fear. All our parents were so brave and resolute to have pulled through that sad time.

Thanks Glossy.

[BOBHAMO]

bobhamo

[Stan Clayton]

Thanks Bobhamo, much appreciated.

Stan

[bob. b]

Bob where is that last photo regards bob

[BOBHAMO]

Bob its taken from the corner of southport road where the bungalows are
i have a modern one but will have to find it
bobhamo

[bob. b]

Look what they did to Johnson and they came bouncing back

[rivermersey]

The Bungalows in the centre of the row on Aintree Road were also badly damaged there is a picture or two of them, I've got it somewhere i'll try and find it and post it on here. That's why they are slightly different than the others.

[Colette]

Hi
No 124 Benedict Street was the home to my Great Grandparents my Great Grandfather died in 1938 but my Great Grandmother and her daughter my Aunt Emily were in the house the time the bomb hit.

Emily, her and her mother hid under the stairs and she recalled their two canaries died, Great Gran died in 1941 January she never really recovered from the shock.

This is a photo of Benedict St c1926 with Emily and her brother Stanley on the right.



This is Emily outside 124 Benedict St in the 1930s with her Aunt & Uncle



This is my Great Grandfather and my Grandfather in the backyard



This is Stanley Grandad's brother by the back window.





Colette

[Silver-Haired-Hippy]

Brilliant photos Colette, I wish I had more old photos of my past family, was a awful time our past families went through, today, the young ones have no idea, not their fault though, I was fortunate to have just missed the bombing etc.

Loretta

[Elaine Goulding]

Absolutely brilliant photographs! Many thanks to all who posted
Elaine

[Maureeng]

Marvellous photo's Colette,what our parents and grandparents went through is dreadful, my nana and uncle told me many stories about the war.

[joefirebobby]

I have used this subject to post some photographs I took of the Bomber Command Memorial in London last weekend , it is a reminder of the 55,000 + Bomber Command aircrew who paid the ultimate sacrifice .

[Dan]

Benedict St 1940




Litherland Rd and Marsh Lane 1940




Hawthorne Rd 1940




Little Strand Rd 1940




County Hall 1940




Salvation Army Stanley Rd 1940.



Brasenose Rd 1940





Bedford Rd Junior School.




Rimrose Road, bombed Lotus Laundry site to the right




Breeze Hill 1940

[Dan]

Hi
No 124 Benedict Street was the home to my Great Grandparents my Great Grandfather died in 1938 but my Great Grandmother and her daughter my Aunt Emily were in the house the time the bomb hit.

Emily, her and her mother hid under the stairs and she recalled their two canaries died, Great Gran died in 1941 January she never really recovered from the shock.

This is a photo of Benedict St c1926 with Emily and her brother Stanley on the right.




This is Emily outside 124 Benedict St in the 1930s with her Aunt & Uncle




This is my Great Grandfather and my Grandfather in the backyard




This is Stanley Grandad's brother by the back window.




Colette