bomb damage ilsley road erdington

[Nefertiti]

hi everyone,proberly the wrong place on the site to look but does anyone know of any bombing during ww2 in ilsley road erdington or how close any bombs landed,been lookik at bomb maps but that road is just out of the picture

 

[oldMohawk]

hi everyone,proberly the wrong place on the site to look but does anyone know of any bombing during ww2 in ilsley road erdington or how close any bombs landed,been lookik at bomb maps but that road is just out of the picture

Erdington was certainly bombed in WW2 see threads in link below

The Blitz & Homefront

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The Blitz

No one could put into words the terrible carnage that came to Coventry and Birmingham in the dark days of the Blitz, our Ma lost 3 homes through the bombing Dad was buried alive in one of them till he was dug out only to have it happen again when he was on.‚.. fire watch at the local church when...

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but houses in Ilsley Road seem intact in this low res aerial view dated 1945.


Just for interest below is an aerial view dated 1926. Note washing hanging on lines in back gardens. In those days everyone did their washing on the same day!

this image source 'britainfromabove' website

 

[Astoness]

hi phil...can you get onto the online BARRA data base ..i can get onto the site but when i click on data base to check out illsley road its saying this site cant not be reached...

lyn

 

[brummy-lad]

Site is down at the moment Lyn, I have the same result.

 

[oldMohawk]

hi phil...can you get onto the online BARRA data base ..i can get onto the site but when i click on data base to check out illsley road its saying this site cant not be reached...

lyn

Hello Lyn, yes I discovered that the site is visible but the online database is offline. I suppose it takes up server space which has run out. Perhaps the Birmingham Library should host the database.
Phil

 

[Nefertiti]

thankyou for the wonderful input,very sad times,my mom lived at 32 ilsley road her name was margaret rose mason,im trying to get a real feel of what she must have been going through

 

[Astoness]

thanks phil and john...thats a bit of a bother as it came in very useful...now we have no way of checking out injuries and deaths during the bombings and most importantly exactly which roads and streets they occured in...i guess it could be just a temporary thing...i am going to email them..if i get a reply will post here

lyn

 

[oldMohawk]

thankyou for the wonderful input,very sad times,my mom lived at 32 ilsley road her name was margaret rose mason,im trying to get a real feel of what she must have been going through

Yes they were trying times the link below would lead you to the air raid shelters thread and some memories ...

Air raid shelters

Morrison shelter put to a different use. Viv. Source: British Newspaper Archive

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