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Explore what happened in Hackney, London during the Blitz. Discover London during WW2 bombing raids, exploring maps, images and memories. The Bomb Sight web map and mobile app reveals WW2 bomb census maps between 7/10/1940 and 06/06/1941, previously available only by viewing them in the Reading Room of The National Archives.
Sep 6, 2010 · London's Blitz is recorded in meticulous detail by London Fire Brigade records. See - for the first time online - how they showed September 7, 1940, the first 24 hours of attacks.
OrderTimeLocationType Of Bomb (incendiary Bomb= Ib ...1.00:08.43 Southwark Park Road, SE16, London, UKIB2.00:10.49 Southwark Park road, Bermondsey, SE16, ...IB3.00:15.84 Southwark Park Road, SE16, London, UKIB4.00:18.141 Braidwood Road, Catford SE6, London, ...IBJun 13, 2017 · On 13 June 1917, Upper North Street School in Poplar in London’s East End was bombed by 1 of Germany’s new long-distance Gotha aeroplanes. The plane was part of a squadron targeting the city in the first daylight air raid of the First World War . 18 children were killed, most just five years old.
Oct 19, 2020 · Different filters of the map also show key moments in the Blitz including maps of the first 24 hours and first week of bombing. In the first 24 hours 838 bombs fell on the capital with 305 falling at around six in the evening. Readers of the map can also look at the specifics of bombing in each borough with East London being worse hit.
The school in Cassland Road was bombed during the blitz and many children were evacuated to Northampton. In 1944 the school was forced to use another building in Lauriston Road and a new Headmistress, Miss Beswick took charge. The inter-war years started a tradition of school journeys, music and drama activities that continued to the present.
Hackney Downs School. / 51.5516°N 0.0620°W / 51.5516; -0.0620. Hackney Downs School was an 11–16 boys, community comprehensive secondary school in Lower Clapton, Greater London, England. It was established in 1876 and closed in 1995. It has been replaced by the Mossbourne Community Academy .
Sep 14, 2021 · Lily Waddell September 14, 2021. Reports of a bomb threat sparked a school evacuation in London on Tuesday. Police swooped to the scene at Stoke Newington School, Clissold Road, at around 3.16pm....
