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Eaton Family of Great Barr

The triplets had an older sister and brother ...
I lived in Bradfield Road which was adjacent to Smalldale road and there were triplets living there. Margaret Elizabeth and Ann Eaton. Sister Tessy and oldest sibling Tony.

One wonders were they where when a parachute mine dropped on their road? They would be 2 years old.
The image below dated 1947 shows blocks of houses destroyed in Bradfield Road. The circle shows where our house was - some distance from the explosion. Why the road was a target for high-explosive bombs is a puzzle and our thoughts at the time was that a Luftwaffe pilot had panicked and dropped the lot in one go before racing off ...
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