That is so Chris ... David the B&C lhs representative mention that ... the bomb had damaged many trees near the blast but were later replaced. Amongst the small chattering group were a couple of gentlemen from Wolseley Gardens who happen to live in houses rebuilt in 1946 having been flattened by a February 1944 bomb. They had had no inkling of Nos. 33/31s history! That aircraft (doodlebug?) had one second earlier dropped a bomb on the United Dairy's stables in Sutton Lane North. There was much congenital chatter at the event. Mention was made the the famous Chinese pianist Fou Ts'ong had once lived at No.1 Staveley Road ... and the chap about 10 doors along (Godfrey?) who used to host piano recitals in his large lounge. Three people were killed by the Bomb ... one just a toddler in her cot. The Government at the time were so alarmed at the devastation ... that they pronounced it as a result of a Gas explosion!

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
8th September 1944: WW2: a V2 bomb anniversary	08/09/25 12:19:00	Jim Lawes
Re:8th September 1944: WW2: a V2 bomb anniversary	08/09/25 18:54:00	Diane Brown
Re:Re:8th September 1944: WW2: a V2 bomb anniversary	08/09/25 22:08:00	Jim Lawes
Re:Re:Re:8th September 1944: WW2: a V2 bomb anniversary	08/09/25 22:20:00	Chris Blackwell
Re:Re:Re:Re:8th September 1944: WW2: a V2 bomb anniversary	09/09/25 16:12:00	Jim Lawes
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:8th September 1944: WW2: a V2 bomb anniversary	13/09/25 16:00:00	Diane Brown

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