Zooming out makes one wonder how any part of London survived! Interesting site Bob, thanks. As a kid growing up in Essex, Sussex and then Portsmouth, bomb sites and the effects of war were a part of my life. In Essex, a bomber dumped it's load only a mile from where my grandparents lived, after being damaged. In Sussex, I remember gawping at the wreckage of a German bomber which had been shot down by the anti-aircraft battery stationed in the field behind my house. In Portsmouth, my (other) grandmother was bombed out in 1942, and then rented a house in which she lived for the next 30 years (it's now owned by her daughter), and the bomb site around the corner from my parent's place was our playground.
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: Saturday, 8 December 2012 6:38 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: OT: Bomb sight This is an interesting website which shows you where all the bombs landed in London during the blitz. The link is set up with the coordinates round my house, on Azof Street: <http://bombsight.org/?#16/51.4890/0.0063> When I first moved here the site at the junction with Christchurch Way was still derelict, 50 years after the war. It's been built on now. Some of the older people still living on this street were here throughout the war, while the bombs were dropping round them. From time to time while people are doing building work an unexploded bomb still turns up. The most recent near to me was on the riverside path about 10 years ago. When you zoom out of the map it's quite shocking to see how many bombs fell in such a short time. We gave as much as we got, of course. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
