Dear Nivard, Checking on old e-mails. I don't know if you and the others solved your query. I'm from Kirby Muxloe and can tell you that there are photographs in Kirby Free church (rebuilt after the bombing and re-opened 1953), including one which was savoured for obvious reasons. The building all collapsed (except the end wall), but the wayside pulpit remained intact infront of the rubble with the message it had prior to the bombing unscathed: "A sense of humour is a good defence against all knocks"! Anthony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [LEI] The Bombing of Kirby Muxloe, 1940 > Hi Mike > > Its a bit late to find the perpetrators you know :-) > > They will deny it anyway <g> > > Apart from the village history compiled some years ago I have not come > across anything else on the event > > Nothing reported in the Times as far as I can see > > Has anyone tried the Mercury ? > > Sadly all those who might have known something have now shuffled off :-( > > Are there any RUSSELLs left in Kirby? > > One of the RUSSELLs was an ARP Warden I believe > > I think the Free Church met its end on that night, might there be any > record > there ? > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > >> Hi All, >> >> Is there anyone out there who was in or around the Leicestershire village >> of >> Kirby Muxloe in 1940 and who remembers the night the bombs fell ? The >> Kirby >> Muxloe Local History Group is compiling a dossier on the event, when >> Kirby >> was described as "the most bombed village in England". >> >> Also, can anyone suggest any German contacts who may be able to shed >> light >> on the events of that evening ? >> >> Mike Gould >> Kirby Muxloe Local History Group Committee > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >