| Topic: | Re:Rockets over Chiswick | |
| Posted by: | Jim Lawes | |
| Date/Time: | 19/07/24 20:47:00 |
| What horrible memories for those of us who were living in the area at the time. Chiswick's Reference Library used to keep a blue coloured "Civil Defence Book" which listed all the bombs that fell in the w4 area. It listed the dreadful bomb that killed some 12 horses at the United Dairies Depot in Sutton Lane North and then a split second later a second bomb that landed on the north side of Wolseley Gardens (opposite the junction with Whitehall Park Road.It was in February 1944. Three or four houses were demolished and some 4-5 residents lost their lives. My family and I were hiding under a metal shelter in a bedroom,the house at No.42 damaged and we were made homeless ...taking shelter at a Sports Pavilion on the St Thomas' Hospital Sports Ground on Grove Park Terrace. They were tough times for adults. Children just confused by the noise of battle in the distance. A noisy Air Raid siren was located on the Great Chertsey Road ... near the junction with Edensor Road. My father was in the local Home Guard and he took me to see the devastation in Staveley Road in the September (1944). Street parties were aplenty on VE DAY (and VJ day too) Some Chiswick streets displayed bunting to celebrate the arrival home of servicemen who had survived their posting ... often abroad in places like Burma. An Italian detention camp was located in Magnolia Road ... at the junction with Ernest Gardens. We listen for news on the radio. The newscaster read the news twice... once at normal speed and a second time more slowly. The Mylos Ice Cream shop on the High Road raised our spirits! |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Rockets over Chiswick | 19/07/24 16:39:00 | Andrew OSullivan |
| Re:Rockets over Chiswick | 19/07/24 20:47:00 | Jim Lawes |
| Re:Re:Rockets over Chiswick | 21/07/24 14:17:00 | Janice Evans |
| Re:Re:Re:Rockets over Chiswick | 21/07/24 15:09:00 | Andrew Jones |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Rockets over Chiswick | 21/07/24 16:03:00 | Julian Pavey |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Rockets over Chiswick | 21/07/24 17:11:00 | Janice Evans |
| Reply | 22/07/24 08:31:00 | Francis Rowe |
| Re:Reply | 22/07/24 08:50:00 | Janice Evans |
| Re:Re:Reply | 22/07/24 09:07:00 | Janice Evans |