I think the GEC would have been the main target .....
It was always houses on the site. One row on the road and another row behind. My mum used to live at number 83, 2 houses down from Vic’s Cafe. She said that it looked to be in the yard of the greengrocers shop with the double gates.It hasn't always been waste land. There was a factory on there called " Priory works" for years.
The building in the yard was storage for the greengrocers. It was originally a stable for a horse that pulled a cart many decades before.The symbol on the map is a covered entry. It also appears on the c1937 map, though in this there appear to be ywo additional buildings in the yard behind it. this may or may not be connected
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Hi! My mum said that her home (number 83) had received roof damage and 1/81 was damaged by an incendiary bomb. My grandad was an AFS volunteer and was caught in the blast but survived.A 1951 view of the fronts of the houses. If they had been bombed they appear well repaired in original style and materials, but there was a 500lb bomb underneath them.
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Just had a chat with mum and she said that the roof was already bomb damaged when they moved into 83 around mid 1940 but 1/81 was bombed in Oct 1942. They were the Dalziel family, for anyone curious. My mother was evacuated to Scotland for most of the war.Hi! My mum said that her home (number 83) had received roof damage and 1/81 was damaged by an incendiary bomb. My grandad was an AFS volunteer and was caught in the blast but survived.
patperks, attempted to send PM asking if you knew Edna Nicholls (my sister in law) or Hilda Tims but without success. Eric