Glenburn Street, Maryhill, 14th March 1941
I am indebted to Jeanette Burns for bringing this incident to my attention and to Michelle Blunn for supplying further information; Michelle, in turn thanks the Twitter account Target Clydeside...
Croydon 15th August 1940: Bombing of Croydon Aerdrome
The bombing of Croydon Aerodrome (RAF Croydon), Thursday 15th August 1940 Britain had been at war just under one year but in that time Germany had forced the surrender of first...
Croydon 15th August 1940: Redwing and Rollason’s
What happened at Redwing? Redwing was located in the most easterly hangar of C block (so closest to Purely Way), according to Cluett. While several accounts describe it as a factory,...
Croydon 15th August 1940: The Bourjois Factory and the rest of the factory estate
What happened at Bourjois? Bourjois made soaps and scents, including the famous “Evening in Paris”. This webpage: http://theglamourologist.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/cosmetics-and-world-war-two.html gives more details of the impact of the war on the cosmetics industry....
Croydon 15th August 1940: Corporation Housing Estate Purley Way
Local houses off of Purley Way With thanks to Anton Rippon for identifying this account from the Exeter Express and Echo https://insidecroydon.com/2020/09/30/britain-1940-the-day-that-bombs-rained-down-on-croydon/ “Rescue work, which started in Croydon within a...
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