Thanks Josephine, will pass to my cousin as he has probably forgotten about these 12 hours. Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 6:39 PM Subject: [B&S] The Fourth Bristol Blitz, Friday 3rd. January - Saturday 4th. January, 1941, 70 years ago tonight Remembering the Fourth Bristol Blitz of Friday 3rd. January - Saturday 4th. January, 1941, 70 years ago tonight. Bristolians endured an air raid, lasting nearly 12 hours during which a bomb weighing 4,000 lb was dropped. Fortunately the bomb didn't explode. Having been made safe, it was later displayed in the Victory Parade through the streets of London in 1945. That night the docks were hit including the Granary on Prince's Wharf, where 8,000 tons of grain were lost. A contemporary account of this all-night blitz noted that the docks and Redcliffe Street were 'one blazing mass.' -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:39 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > Thanks Josephine, will pass to my cousin as he has probably forgotten > about these 12 hours. I nearly forgot, myself. As you know, Edna, I was going to take a rest from my computer this month, but as I sat here it suddenly flashed into my mind that tonight was the 70th anniversary of the Fourth Blitz. When we had all the snow recently, I was thinking how the water froze in the firemen's hoses on that particular night in January 1941, 70 years ago. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com