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From: David Bryant <>
Subject: [CHS] Re: CHESHIRE-D Digest V01 #149
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 22:57:24 +1300
In-Reply-To: <200103142105.f2EL5n306847@lists5.rootsweb.com>


At 14:05 14/03/01 -0700, Charles E Johnson <> wrote:
>To:
>Subject: [CHS] Curiosity questions
>
>
>I am not a longtime Cheshire researcher, however I am of an age that I
>clearly remember WWll. I am curious to know to what extent Cheshire was
>devastated by the relentless bombing raids. ...

Charles,

Cheshire towns on the Mersey were key targets - the docks at Wallasey and
Birkenhead and all the industrial areas - as well as Liverpool, Manchester
and the industries on the Lancashire side of the river.

There is a 3 volume work on the Blitz that describes every raid on
Britain. Some time back I went through and extracted all the references to
raids on Wallasey, my home town and I noted nearly 300 air raids that
impacted on Wallasey.

Our family was bombed out 3 times and, as a toddler, I was told our
neighbours had gone away for Christmas and taken their house with them!

I don't have the book reference to hand but if anyone requires further
details I can look up the publication details in our local library.

David Bryant


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