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Burlington Road Small Heath Bomb Parachute mine

keegs

keegs

master brummie
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I found this old image in a book of clipings that once belonged to a relative of mine and thought it may be of interest.I hope that i have posted in the correct place.
I think the date was November 23rd 1940.
 
my mom told me of the parachute mines ,I believe 5000Kl's of TNT, she said one dropped in Handsworth and killed all in a community shelter.
paul
 
In 1953 or 1954 my family moved into a new house that had been built on a bombed site in Burlington Road. The new houses became 120/126 Burlington Road and had to have deeper foundations because of the bombing. I had to dig bricks out of the garden and clean off the old morter and with these we built 3 garages at the back of 126. Two of these were rented out to neighbours. Looking up the house site on Google the garages appear to have been converted to accommodation.
 
expatriate said:
In 1953 or 1954 my family moved into a new house that had been built on a bombed site in Burlington Road. The new houses became 120/126 Burlington Road and had to have deeper foundations because of the bombing. I had to dig bricks out of the garden and clean off the old morter and with these we built 3 garages at the back of 126. Two of these were rented out to neighbours. Looking up the house site on Google the garages appear to have been converted to accommodation.
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Thanks Expatriate,thats very interesting
Keegs.
 
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