In a message dated 22/04/2004 16:01:09 GMT Daylight Time, emmo@emmerson1772.freeserve.co.uk writes: If i remember right a tramcar was caught in the blast when a bomb or mine landed at the cross over between Tatham St and Commercial Road the same incident destroyed my old school Valley Road It was Sunday 11th. October 1942, two trams were damaged in Villette Road when at 9.15 pm. a 1000kg. bomb fell in the centre of Corporation Road about 50 yards south of Villette Road. Nine houses in Corporation Road and four shops in Villette Road were demolished. The west wing of Hendon Valley Road School was badly damaged as was St. Cecilia's Church. It was a Heinkel He111P that was shot down on Friday 5th September 1940 and fell in Suffolk Street. It was Daniel Spence his wife Florence and daughter Joan who were in bed when the plane crashed, but they managed to get out through the shattered shop front. John and Rachel Storemont and their daughter Jea n at 55 1/2 Suffolk Street were trapped in their blazing shelter. Rachel was killed and John and Jean seriously injured. Jean lost both hands, and it was three years before she returned to work as a telephonist fitted with artificial limbs. (Sunderland's Blitz by Kevin Brady ISBN 1-902527-55-0 £9.99) Regards Stan Mapstone