Hi, I think there are many publications on specific areas/towns regarding not just the Blitz but generally 2nd World war damage with photographs and maps. "Somewhere" I have one on Bath, Somerset and some years ago borrowed by inter-library loan another book on Somerset which apparently covered all such events including stray bombs in farmyards and fields dealt with by the Home Guard and ships in Bristol harbour, on the River Severn. Being born at the end of the War in a Hertfordshire village the only London bomb that affected my family and included on this website was one dropped on a factory behind my Aunt's house in Stag Lane, Kingsbury (off the Edgware Road in Carlisle Road). Her house received damage through the roof causing a hole in my young cousins' bedroom ceiling which was adequately patched up at the time. I lived there 1950 to 1955 and it was not properly repaired/compensated for until some time after - I was always scared of being in their bedroom in case the ceiling fell down and would wake screaming from nightmares in my own room that I'd end up in my mother's bed downstairs. That bomb missed it's target of a large aircraft factory nearby in Stag Lane. I had hoped this website would give the date of the event but it does not appear to be included. From Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. E-Mail: merryl.wells@one-name.org GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie Darbyshire via" <goons@rootsweb.com> To: "NIKKI BROWN" <nikki.wabit@tesco.net>; <goons@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2014 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [G] website on the London bombing blitz of WW2 > There is a book "Safe as Houses - Wimbledon at War 1939-1945" > published by the Wimbledon Society that goes into great detail about > all the incidents in Wimbledon Borough right through WW2, so includes > V1 attacks. The book includes a 6 inch to the mile map which > distinguishes between the various types of incident - high explosive > bombs, oil and petrol bombs, incendiary bombs, unexploded bombs, > misfired anti-aircraft shells, crashed aircraft and V1 flying bombs. > No V2s fell in the area. > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jim Benedict via" <goons@rootsweb.com> >> To: goons@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Saturday, 13 December, 2014 8:07:00 PM >> Subject: [G] website on the London bombing blitz of WW2 >> >> For those with history and ancestors of WW2 and London, this may be >> useful. >> Pinpoint bomb drops in your grand/parents neighbourhoods. >> >> The site is at: bombsight.org >> >> It starts with a map of London, dotted with bomb locations throughout the >> city. You can zoom in on a street, or for something really scary, zoom >> out >> to see southeast England blanketed by red pins. When you zoom in, you >> can >> click on a bomb icon for further details. There is usually a "read more" >> link in the popup, which leads to 1940 photo images from the area, >> contributed people's stories relating to this area and even more. >> >> Jim Benedict

My Dad was a messenger boy in Balham during the blitz, before joinin the RAF in 1941 so it's interesting to see what was happening in that area. And I see the url changes according to zoom level and position, so you can add a link to a particular view in a website etc. which is great (perhaps I'll point it out to the LDS - I love their 1851 map but the big frustration I have with it is not being able to save / send / publish a link to a particular view). Also on the London blitz map I can see the bomb recorded which damaged the house where I grew up in Petts Wood in the 1960s and 70s. Nothing as serious as a hole in the ceiling, but there was a slight bulge in a wall, plus some windows were frosted and had some odd panes - I understood that was due to the bomb damage, an exact match when replacing the broken panes wa snot available. Teresa On 14/12/2014 17:35, Merryl Wells via wrote: > Hi, > I think there are many publications on specific areas/towns regarding not > just the Blitz but generally 2nd World war damage with photographs and maps. > "Somewhere" I have one on Bath, Somerset and some years ago borrowed by > inter-library loan another book on Somerset which apparently covered all > such events including stray bombs in farmyards and fields dealt with by the > Home Guard and ships in Bristol harbour, on the River Severn. > > Being born at the end of the War in a Hertfordshire village the only London > bomb that affected my family and included on this website was one dropped on > a factory behind my Aunt's house in Stag Lane, Kingsbury (off the Edgware > Road in Carlisle Road). Her house received damage through the roof causing > a hole in my young cousins' bedroom ceiling which was adequately patched up > at the time. I lived there 1950 to 1955 and it was not properly > repaired/compensated for until some time after - I was always scared of > being in their bedroom in case the ceiling fell down and would wake > screaming from nightmares in my own room that I'd end up in my mother's bed > downstairs. That bomb missed it's target of a large aircraft factory nearby > in Stag Lane. I had hoped this website would give the date of the event but > it does not appear to be included. > > From > Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. > E-Mail: merryl.wells@one-name.org > GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leslie Darbyshire via" <goons@rootsweb.com> > To: "NIKKI BROWN" <nikki.wabit@tesco.net>; <goons@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2014 11:10 AM > Subject: Re: [G] website on the London bombing blitz of WW2 > > >> There is a book "Safe as Houses - Wimbledon at War 1939-1945" >> published by the Wimbledon Society that goes into great detail about >> all the incidents in Wimbledon Borough right through WW2, so includes >> V1 attacks. The book includes a 6 inch to the mile map which >> distinguishes between the various types of incident - high explosive >> bombs, oil and petrol bombs, incendiary bombs, unexploded bombs, >> misfired anti-aircraft shells, crashed aircraft and V1 flying bombs. >> No V2s fell in the area. >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jim Benedict via" <goons@rootsweb.com> >>> To: goons@rootsweb.com >>> Sent: Saturday, 13 December, 2014 8:07:00 PM >>> Subject: [G] website on the London bombing blitz of WW2 >>> >>> For those with history and ancestors of WW2 and London, this may be >>> useful. >>> Pinpoint bomb drops in your grand/parents neighbourhoods. >>> >>> The site is at: bombsight.org >>> >>> It starts with a map of London, dotted with bomb locations throughout the >>> city. You can zoom in on a street, or for something really scary, zoom >>> out >>> to see southeast England blanketed by red pins. When you zoom in, you >>> can >>> click on a bomb icon for further details. There is usually a "read more" >>> link in the popup, which leads to 1940 photo images from the area, >>> contributed people's stories relating to this area and even more. >>> >>> Jim Benedict > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- ------------------------ Teresa Goatham Sign the petition to open historic BMD registers - http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/62779 (UK residents / British citizens only)